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The ESADE business and law school in Madrid invited Julia Hildermeier to speak at its global annual energy meeting with the theme "The Energy Transition and the Future of Transport." Dr. Hildermeiner shared public policy recommendations for the decarbonisation of transport....
The cost-efficient sharing of resources between Member States could save European consumers 8 billion euros annually by 2030 by reducing the need for investment in new resources to keep the lights on, according to the European Commission’s estimates. However, these benefits will largely remain unexploited if Member States continue with the current, uncoordinate...
In a RAP webinar presentation, David Farnsworth, Jim Lazar, and Jessica Shipley discussed considerations for ensuring that electrification of space heating benefits consumers, the power grid, and the environment, as well as regulatory and policy tools for implementing the transition to electrified heating....
RAP’s definition of beneficial electrification asserts that an electrified end use must satisfy at least one of the following conditions, without adversely affecting the other two: Saves consumers money over the long run; Enables better grid management; and Reduces negative environmental impacts. Because space heating represents such a sizable pro...
In a presentation for the Appliance Standards Awareness Project in Washington, D.C., Jessica Shipley discussed the hallmarks of beneficial electrification and the key role appliance standards will play as electrification in the public interest advances....
Speaking on smart rate design in a Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative webinar, Jim Lazar discussed fixed charges and residential demand charges and focused on time-varying and dynamic pricing. This webinar also included presentations from Sarah Gulezian, of Elevate Energy, on the Opt-In Illinois Real-Time Pricing residential program and by Carrie...
In a presentation for Vermont Law School, David Farnsworth discussed how to ensure that electrification occurs in the public interest. ...
In a presentation for a District of Columbia Public Service Commission MEDSIS workgroup, David Littell explored national examples of performance-based regulation, highlighting its versatility in meeting the needs of the evolving power sector....
The PJM market in the United States and the integrated electricity market in the EU are two examples of competitive wholesale electricity markets. As such, both approach the task of delivering reliable electricity to consumers at a reasonable cost from a broadly shared perspective. That said, the details of each and the contexts within which they operate are in m...
