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In a presentation to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ staff subcommittee on rate design, Mark LeBel discussed smart rate design principles and pathways for distributed energy resources. … View Summary +
In a presentation for the U.S. Climate Alliance, Mark LeBel explored the promise of performance-based regulation as an alternative to traditional cost-of-service regulation for utilities. View Summary +
Net metering with monthly netting — a simple billing mechanism for distributed energy resources (DERs), often primarily solar PV — has existed since the early 1980s. In recent years, there has been a wide-ranging national debate about the best methods… View Summary +
If the video is not visible, please accept all cookies to enable the player. The way we use fossil gas as a fuel for heating and other end uses is rapidly changing. Energy efficiency and electrification are constraining demand… View Summary +
In a webinar presentation, Megan Anderson, Max Dupuy, Mark LeBel and moderator Richard Sedano discussed how planning, energy efficiency and electrification programs, and rate-making can pave the way to a smooth transition from fossil gas to other forms of energy… View Summary +
About this Report: The way we use fossil gas as a fuel for heating buildings and other end uses is rapidly changing. Efficiency gains and improved electric end-use technologies are constraining demand for gas. At the same time, the urgency… View Summary +
Demand charges have existed since nearly the beginning of the electric industry. Although utilities often favor them, economists have continually questioned whether these rates — applied to an individual customer’s maximum short-term usage in a billing period — are an… View Summary +
If the video is not visible, please accept all cookies to enable the player. Electrification of the transportation sector — cars, trucks, buses, taxis and ports — provides an opportunity for states to… View Summary +
The need for change in how we measure the cost of providing electric service by customer class is obvious to any attentive observer of the dramatic changes now underway in the electric utility industry. Electric Cost Allocation for a… View Summary +
If the video is not visible, please accept all cookies to enable the player. RAP’s Electric Cost Allocation for a New Era manual lays out an approach appropriate for the 21st century power grid, characterized by growing adoption… View Summary +