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March 1, 2019
“共益电气化:确保电气化实现公共利益”系列报告之《共益电气化:交通(上)》
- David Farnsworth ,
- Jessica Shipley ,
- Joni Sliger ,
- Jim Lazar
执行摘要 技术进步,无论是发电效率还是终端能源效率,都为共益电气化提供了机会。交通、供暖、热水供应,就是这些机会之一。在电池成本下降和性能提升的推动下,电动汽车(EV)市场正在快速增长。自动驾驶汽车技术的开发和采用,以及对共享交通服务不断增长的需求也在塑造这一市场。 在当今不断变化的环境中,电动汽车的可用性和便利性日益增加,用户也逐渐习惯。与内燃机车辆相比,电动汽车可将其充电量的60%转换为行驶里程数,而相等情况下内燃机车辆仅能转换约20%的一次能源。由于这种高效率,电动汽车可以显著降低成本且减少污染。电动汽车充电负荷也可以作为电网的资源进行控制和管理。 为确保电动汽车惠及公众,政策制定者需要确定公众对交通市场的要求。他们还必须协调平衡市场参与者的需求与公共利益。我们鼓励公用事业委员会在各州都可以找到相应的平衡点,如果现有的法规权力不足,则应向立法机构需求帮助。 将技术与交通需求匹配… View Summary +
February 18, 2019
“共益电气化:确保电气化实现公共利益”系列报告之《共益电气化:热水供应》
- David Farnsworth ,
- Jim Lazar ,
- Jessica Shipley
执行摘要 技术进步,无论是发电效率还是最终使用燃料,都为共益电气化提供了机会。热水供应就是这些机会之一。热水供应占住宅能源帐单的近20% 左右——而且简单地说,今天用电加热1加仑水所需的能源,远远少于直接用化石燃料加热。 在本文中,我们探索可用于热水供应电气化有益的策略,这意味着它将满足我们的共益电气化标准中的至少一个,且同时不会对另外两个产生不利影响: 从长期看可以为消费者省钱;… View Summary +
December 17, 2018
“共益电气化:确保电气化实现公共利益”系列报告之《共益电气化:供暖》
- Jessica Shipley ,
- Jim Lazar ,
- David Farnsworth ,
- Camille Kadoch
执行摘要 睿博能源智库认为,有效益的电气化,或者说实现社会利益最大化的电气化,需要达到以下一个或多个条件,且对另外两个条件不产生反作用: 从长期看可以为消费者省钱; 促进电网的更好管理; 减少对环境的消极影响。… View Summary +
December 11, 2018
EVs’ Rise Doesn’t Need to be Auto Dealers’ Demise
Some argue that the growth of electric vehicles will be the end of auto dealerships. Car dealers today derive significant revenues by providing parts and service for the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles they sell. If EVs, with their… View Summary +
October 18, 2018
Smart Grid and Community Benefits—with No Rate Increase? How Burbank Made it Happen
- Jim Lazar
Burbank Water and Power (BWP) is a 50,000-customer, community-owned municipal utility in the Los Angeles area. BWP has implemented an advanced smart grid network, and did so with no rate increase to consumers. How did they do this?… View Summary +
October 8, 2018
Timing Is Everything: How Smart Rate Design Helps Make Electrification Beneficial
In talking about beneficial electrification, we have emphasized the benefits of various kinds of flexibility. For example, loads that can be scheduled at different times of day without too much inconvenience to the user can be beneficial, because they can… View Summary +
September 25, 2018
Purple Haze, or Purple Mountain Majesties? How Energy Efficiency Can Reduce Regional Haze
Tourists visit our national parks to see the majestic vistas, not haze-obscured views. The two images of the Grand Canyon below illustrate this point: In the view on the left, one can see for more than 200 miles, while on… View Summary +
August 21, 2018
We All Wish We Were More Flexible: Electrification Load as a Grid Flexibility Resource
Imagine you are preparing dinner for guests arriving at 6 p.m. when you learn that they’ve been delayed. And imagine that, instead of keeping the food hot, you had to throw all of it away and start cooking again for… View Summary +
August 16, 2018
共益电气化:确保电气化实现公共利益(二)
- David Farnsworth ,
- Jessica Shipley ,
- Jim Lazar ,
- Nancy Seidman
前言 本文为共益电气化:确保电气化实现公共利益 (英文版)摘要第二篇。尽管对于电力公司,消费者和公共环境来说,共益电气化可以带来巨大的创新和机遇,但共益电气化需要各州的行动支持,才能实现相关的利益。本节概述了重要的政策先决条件,实施流程和其他有助于成功实施共益电气化及其众多优势的考虑因素。… View Summary +
August 2, 2018
共益电气化:确保电气化实现公共利益(一)
- David Farnsworth ,
- Jessica Shipley ,
- Jim Lazar ,
- Nancy Seidman
前言 本文为睿博能源报告《… View Summary +