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尽管就中国可再生能源存在海量的文献，但人们对中国电力行业基本机构的设置和运行，及其如何构成可再生能源扩展和并网的约束，缺乏足够的了解。本篇文章作为三个技术启蒙读本之一，旨在填补这一空白，文章主要针对电力系统的运作—在电力系统物理限制下匹配电力需求和供应展开论述。 中国电力系统在经济、社会、政治的综合作用下逐渐演变，最终形成了独特的运作机构和运行模式。设计这些机构和运行模式，用于支持主要由重工业需求主导和煤电作为基荷的电力系统。其中许多地方需要做出改变，来接纳充满活力的中国经济日益多元化的需求，并实现政府基于大量可变的风电和太阳能发电的低碳电力供应远景。 本文指出目前电力系统的运行没有达到系统在更高比例风电和太阳能下所需要的灵活性的需求。特别地，年度发电量计划、行政性的负荷控制、跨区和跨省电量交易安排、缺乏透明的调度系统阻碍了可再生能源的有效利用。因此，本文为朝向更具有灵活性的电力系统迈进，提出以下几点建议： 实现省级以及跨省平衡区内更经济的发电机组排序和调度； 建立更符合电力系统需要的辅助服务定义和规则；… View Summary +

One wouldn’t necessarily expect the components of an electric bill to make headlines, but recent decisions in some states have caused controversy. The controversy involves the size of the monthly customer charge applied to residential consumers. Until recently, U.S. regulators… View Summary +

2014年11月4日，国家发改委下发了《关于深圳市开展输配电价改革试点的通知》（下称《通知》），正式启动我国新一轮输配电价改革试点。这份文件对拥有1千500万人口的深圳市来说，意义非同寻常。深圳将成为中国电网公司转变业务模式的先锋—电网公司将从传统的售电业务模式向支持清洁能源、终端能效和分布式可再生能源迈出重要的一步。 我们期待这样的发展，相信它最终可以帮助中国实现减排，控制电力系统的成本，尤其期待可以将深圳的试点推广到全国，并呈现在新一轮电改方案的蓝图里。很多年来，睿博能源智库连同我们的合作伙伴，… View Summary +

I recently participated in a conversation with North American regulation experts organized by University of Calgary professor and former California Energy Commissioner Michal Moore. The topic was the “social license” in energy regulation. What is the social… View Summary +

June 18th— the date EPA published its proposed rule to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing power plants under section 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act in the Federal Register—marked the beginning of a new… View Summary +

We have a simple theory: a conscious regulatory effort to enable new business models for non-utilities could be a powerful force for change, providing benefits to utilities and producing economic and environmental benefits for consumers. The point is best… View Summary +

States have a long history of collaborating to achieve energy and environmental goals at lower cost and with greater efficiency than they could achieve alone. Collaborating to implement EPA’s forthcoming 111(d) rule may once again offer across-the-board… View Summary +

Lately, it seems as if everyone associated with the power sector or an environmental organization is opining on whether EPA will allow this approach or that mechanism to count toward compliance in its proposal to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions… View Summary +

The resources below are offered as part of our Complying with Environmental Regulations Knowledge Management Series. These papers provide perspectives on utility resource planning and ongoing portfolio management. Addressing the Effects of Environmental Regulations:… View Summary +

Delivering a reliable power supply to consumers has always been a central objective of power market design and various solutions to this challenge have been adopted in Europe and elsewhere. In the context of wholesale power markets, these solutions have… View Summary +