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This report, the first of three volumes of Next-Generation Performance-Based Regulation: Emphasizing Utility Performance to Unleash Power Sector Innovation, examines the concept of performance-based regulation (PBR) and how it can provide a framework to connect goals, targets, and measures to… View Summary +
This report, the second of three volumes of Next-Generation Performance-Based Regulation: Emphasizing Utility Performance to Unleash Power Sector Innovation, focuses on best practices for design, development, and implementation of performance-based regulation mechanisms. It begins by laying the groundwork for understanding… View Summary +
This report, the final of three volumes of Next-Generation Performance-Based Regulation: Emphasizing Utility Performance to Unleash Power Sector Innovation, focuses on how performance-based regulation (PBR) can be used to navigate an era of rapid technological change in the power sector. View Summary +
Performance-based regulation (PBR) enables regulators to reform 100-year-old regulatory structures to unleash innovations within 21st century power systems. Our current electric system is built upon an old regulatory paradigm that ensured safe and reliable electricity at reasonable prices from capital-intensive… View Summary +
When energy regulators plan, approve utility investments, and make other regulatory decisions without incorporating environmental considerations, ultimately more costly supply options or solutions can be chosen, opportunities for less costly options can be passed by, and money, time, and resources… View Summary +
The U.S. electricity system faces multiple urgent challenges to address transmission needs, adapt to smart grid technologies, expand energy efficiency and renewable energy use, and meet increasingly stringent environmental requirements. Air quality management faces equally daunting challenges driven by the… View Summary +
This analysis presents a map of the type of administrative delivery structure each U.S. state has established to provide electric energy efficiency: utility, third-party, or government administration. In addition, it contains a short description about the details around each state’s… View Summary +
This summary of emissions performance standards (EPS) adopted in the a variety of states, compares key EPS policy components, including state summaries with links to applicable laws and rules. (This Research Brief updates a November 2009 version). View Summary +
This report presents a high-level comparison of current public energy efficiency programs for existing homes in eleven countries. It was prepared for the Department of Energy and Climate Change of the United Kingdom. View Summary +
This report presents a high-level comparison of current public energy efficiency programs for existing homes in eleven countries. It was prepared for the Department of Energy and Climate Change of the United Kingdom. View Summary +
This research brief provides a summary of emissions performance standards (EPS) that have been adopted by various states in the US. Each of the state summaries includes links to applicable laws and rules. View Summary +
The report sets out a broad-based strategy to improve the energy fitness of Vermont buildings and to lower fuel bills for Vermont families and businesses. View Summary +