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To highlight the characteristics of successful energy efficiency program design, Jan Rosenow examined why the United Kingdom’s highly ambitious “Green Deal” residential insulation initiative failed. Speaking at a side event of the COP24 (Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) in Katowice, Dr. Rosenow shared...
In a public workshop hosted by the Department of Energy in Arlington, Virginia, Richard Sedano and fellow panelists explored ways to ensure that regional transmission project siting occurs in the public interest....
David Farnsworth participated in a panel in Boston, Massachusetts, outlining power sector innovations and electrification opportunities for young professionals in energy....
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....
In a presentation for a National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) panel in Orlando, Florida, Carl Linvill explored smart rate design approaches to non-residential ratemaking that better reflect system costs, including time-of-use rates....
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 to the Midcontinent Power Sector Collaborative in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nancy Seidman addressed the effect of load growth on marginal emissions and offered suggestions for linking electrification and air quality policy to ensure beneficial outcomes....
