RAP Principal Richard Cowart and RAP Advisor Chris Neme met in the morning with the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change and in the afternoon with three efficiency trade associations to discuss the concept of an energy efficiency feed-in-tariff (FiT). The concept is being considered within the UK government as a possible complement to…

The IEA and the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) in co-operation with UK DECC and the European Commission’s DG-Energy delivered an EU-focused workshop on Policies for Energy Provider Delivery of Energy Efficiency (PEPDEE) at the European Commission’s Charlemagne Building on 18-19 January 2012. This was one of several regional policy dialogues to be held as part…

An Australia-focused workshop on Policies for Energy Provider Delivery of Energy Efficiency (PEPDEE) was held at the University of Sydney on December 12, 2011. The workshop was delivered by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) in cooperation with the Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) and Department…

In a series of November meetings in Berlin, RAP Europe was invited by several Germany Ministries and federal departments (including Ministries of Economics/Technnology, Environment, Finance, and the Federal Chancellery) as well as by key members of German Parliament to present on global experience with energy savings obligations. The English version of the presentation entitled “Rethinking and Reframing…

Please accept all cookies to watch this video. The Regulatory Assistance Project, with support from the Energy Foundation, is offering this webinar at no charge to participants as part of a series of training courses on energy efficiency program design and implementation. Moderator:     Chris Neme, Energy Futures Group Instructors:    Glenn Reed, Energy Futures Group Gabe…

John Shenot, Ken Colburn and Chris James presented a webinar on October 25, 2011 for air quality regulators from eastern states on Engaging with Your Public Utility Commission. The webinar was convened through the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) Energy Efficiency/Air Quality Planning Workgroup with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency….

RAP Principal Meg Gottstein was a co-presenter with Jan Rosenow, a member of Germany’s “ Think Tank Club of Rome” (http://www.tt30.de/), at a Berlin forum on September 27th to discuss the proposed EU directive for energy savings obligations. Her presentation which outlines the policy context, the “myths and facts” about energy savings obligations, the various…

Please accept all cookies to watch this video. The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), with support from the Energy Foundation (EF), offered this webinar at no charge to EF grantee participants as part of a series of training courses on energy efficiency program design and implementation. Moderator:   Chris Neme, Energy Futures Group Instructors:  Peter Adamczyk,…

RAP’s Richard Sedano led a two-day technical conference sponsored by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, with presentations on decoupling, energy efficiency and conservation. He also addressed the potential for applying such policies in Alaska. The conference was held in Anchorage on April 19-20. For more information, see the Regulatory Commission’s posting.

Please accept all cookies to watch this video. This presentation is the fourth in a series of webinars dedicated to Energy Foundation training.  The April 7, 2011 webinar on building codes and standards includes presentations by Chris Neme of the Energy Futures Group, Richard Faesy of the Energy Futures Group, and Allen Lee of The Cadmus Group.