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分时电价向前迈步，动态尖峰电价贴近需求
随着中国能源需求的不断增长以及可再生能源的大规模并网，平衡能源供需的挑战将日益增长。在可再生能源主导的电力系统中，保障电力系统安全稳定经济运行面临着全新挑战。电力系统不仅需要满足静态的“迎峰度夏”和“迎峰度冬”中的高峰用电需求，更需要妥善处理日间净负荷波动对电网的影响。解决这些挑战的一个重要手段是拓宽现有思路，积极探索费率设计和需求侧管理等政策的迭代，制定能够反映电网供需变化的动态智能电价体系。 View Summary +
Why Am I Here? Looking at a Commission’s Role in the IRP Process
In most U.S. states, the utility commission has a formal role to play in reviewing or approving the contents of a utility’s integrated resource plan (IRP). These plans serve as long-term, forward-looking energy strategies that electric utilities use to meet their… View Summary +
Holding on to Windy Hope: Offshore Wind’s Future Under the New Executive Order
With roughly 129 million Americans living along its coasts, the earth’s ocean has long played a crucial role in supporting economic and personal activities. One activity that coastal states have been particularly interested in is exploring offshore wind farms. View Summary +
Why wait for the next energy crisis? Enjoy the benefits of flexibility today
Europe has been paving the way to greater residential demand flexibility since 2018, and according to RAP’s recent survey, residential smart tariff offerings have increased by 250% since the energy crisis hit in 2022. Let’s look at how European… View Summary +
Making sense of China’s new heat pump strategy
This week, China’s central government issued a national ‘Action Plan’ to promote heat pumps. The policy offers substantial support for heat pumps but leaves critical questions unanswered—particularly regarding the future of certain types of fossil fuel… View Summary +
十年电改：破局到立新，迈向清洁低碳未来
自《关于进一步深化电力体制改革的若干意见》（中发〔2015〕9号，以下简称"9号文"）发布以来，中国电力体制改革走过了具有里程碑意义的十年历程。在这十年间，电力行业在市场化改革、清洁能源发展、电力系统灵活性和可靠性提升等方面取得了突破性进展。 View Summary +
We’re Opening the AI “Bottle.” So, What Should Regulators Wish For?
Like the all-powerful genies of mythology, artificial intelligence (AI) seems increasingly able to magically answer our questions and potentially grant wishes. Policymakers and regulators are still trying to understand the nuances of this technology and its impacts to energy systems. View Summary +
Pay As You Can: How Digital Payments Can Empower Low-Income Customers
Energy-insecure households must sometimes make difficult choices between maintaining safe indoor temperatures and electricity and providing essentials like food and medical care. At the same time, technology can offer an opportunity to help these households better manage their bills,… View Summary +
Building the Next Generation of Clean Energy Workers
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $24 million in funding to train workers without four-year degrees to enter the clean energy workforce. Governors from 22 states and two U.S. territories aim to train 1 million… View Summary +
Changing how coal power plants get paid: What’s next for policy in China
In late 2023, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), established a new capacity payment mechanism for coal power generators. A capacity payment is an annual payment per megawatt of available capacity that is paid regardless of how many… View Summary +
