Energy Issues

Issues

Climate and Public Health

Though the power sector is the largest source of industrial pollution, in many places regulations governing the power sector are out of step with public health and environmental laws. Our multi-disciplinary team helps energy and environmental regulators identify opportunities to align power sector regulation with environmental and climate policy.

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Distributed Generation, Storage, and EVs

Distributed generation and energy storage, such as batteries, water heaters, and even electric vehicles, can enhance the power system’s ability to integrate variable renewable energy resources and minimize costs. We help policymakers develop new policies to empower consumers, enable needed flexibility, and provide fair compensation for the capabilities provided.

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Energy Efficiency and Demand Response

A growing suite of technologies makes it possible to dramatically increase energy productivity at the point of use. The right policies and incentives can give consumers and grid operators more control over energy demand.

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Energy Resource Planning

Electricity grids are the largest industrial facilities in the world and their capital needs for expansion and replacement are huge. Meeting those needs—while ensuring safe, adequate, and reliable service to consumers—cannot be left solely to market forces. Energy resource planning provides a road map that regulators, grid managers, utility companies, and investors can rely on to forecast system needs, ensure efficient capital allocation and fair returns to it, and achieve other public policy objectives.

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Grid-Scale Renewables

Renewable energy is the fastest-growing source of energy on Earth. Ensuring its safe, efficient, and cost-effective integration into the grid is crucial to achieving a clean energy future.

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Power Markets and Reliability

In jurisdictions with competitive energy markets, we help decision-makers develop market rules to support and accelerate the transition to a clean, low-carbon energy future.

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Pricing and Rate Design

The prices we charge for electricity have a profound impact on the choices made by customers, utilities, and technology innovators and investors. Getting the prices—and pricing policy—right creates incentives for clean, efficient electricity production, consumption, and innovations that benefit the entire power system.

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Regulation and Governance

Declining costs of and rising consumer demand for cleaner energy resources are driving massive changes in the electricity industry. As a trusted partner to energy and environmental regulators, RAP helps them adapt the regulatory paradigm to take advantage of these opportunities.

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From the Knowledge Center

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Policy Brief

Calefacción con hidrógeno: revisión de la evidencia científica

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Clean heat standards: New tools for the fossil fuel phaseout in Europe

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Policy Brief March 1, 2023

Regret-ready: A briefing on United Kingdom proposals for the mandating of ‘hydrogen-ready’ gas boilers

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NOx Standards for Water Heaters: Model Rule Technical Support Document

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Better, faster, stronger: A look into further electricity market reforms

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Policy Brief February 18, 2023

Climate Action is Energy Security: Recent Developments in the Power Sectors of India, China, and Europe

By Regulatory Assistance Project, Energy Foundation China Read now
Policy Brief February 18, 2023

气候行动就是能源安全:印度、中国和欧洲电力行业的最新发展

By Regulatory Assistance Project, Energy Foundation China Read now
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Review of Integrated Resource Planning and Load Forecasting Techniques in India

By Mahesh Patankar, Ira Prem, Frederick Weston Read now
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Comment on NEA’s latest draft policy “Electricity Spot Market Basic Rules”

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Model Rule: NOx Standards for Water Heaters

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