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In a webinar for the National Association of State Energy Officials, Nancy Seidman discussed the cost and emissions benefits of grid-interactive efficient buildings and their role as flexible load. ...
In a follow-up discussion to an earlier webinar, co-authors Jim Lazar and Paul Chernick and manual editor Mark LeBel took a more detailed, technical look at how to update cost allocation methods to ensure that costs are shared efficiently and fairly. The presentation breaks down specific issues to be considered within the generation, transmission and distribut...
In a webinar for a National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners staff working group, David Littell explored multiyear rate plans, highlighting key considerations for regulators. ...
Understanding the interactions between carbon markets and electricity markets — the impacts of each on the other — is key to good design of both. International experience shows that designing power markets and carbon markets in isolated policy “silos” does not lead to best outcomes. Designing them in concert helps ensure that the markets are as economical...
In a National Regulatory Research Institute webinar, Janine Migden-Ostrander discussed decoupling as a regulatory tool for state commissions responding to the changes in demand, payment and economic distress of customers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Mark LeBel discussed utility reforms and cutting-edge electricity issues in a webinar for the Kentucky Solar Advocacy Network....
In a webinar for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Nancy Seidman highlighted issues and challenges of electric vehicle rate design and the beneficial impact on emissions that can result from smart rate design. ...
In a National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners webinar on carbon pricing, David Littell explored the role of performance-based regulation for carbon....
Rural populations in India continually face great challenges when it comes to earning and maintaining a sustainable living. With up to 70% of rural Indians working in the agricultural sector, those challenges will only become more substantial as climate change creates greater impacts and economic uncertainty causes further distress. Solving these problems will re...
