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Access to consumption data from utilities enables building owners to cut utility costs, save money, increase asset value, and reduce carbon emissions. Too often, owners cannot access accurate data, especially when utilities bill tenants directly. Stakeholders in many jurisdictions requested… View Summary +
A growing number of states have considered reforms to their net metering practices in recent years, a period of decreasing prices for distributed energy resources, rapid changes in technology and evolution of the electricity system. Depending on its… View Summary +
Net metering with monthly netting — a simple billing mechanism for distributed energy resources (DERs), often primarily solar PV — has existed since the early 1980s. In recent years, there has been a wide-ranging national debate about the best methods… View Summary +
Utility regulators, whether they be veterans or new to the job, are often eager to make a positive impact on the transformation of the electric sector by addressing such areas as distributed generation and storage, electric vehicles (EVs) and carbon… View Summary +
In an interactive webinar, Camille Kadoch, David Farnsworth, Mark LeBel and Frederick Weston explored RAP’s Roadmap for Electric Transportation in further detail, discussing the variety of ways states have addressed EV planning and… View Summary +
中国新的空气和环境法律扩大了监测、记录和报告的要求。应制定一个空气质量数据收集和管理的一体化系统，允许机构开发查询，执行质量保证和质量控制检查，帮助诊断不合规行为，评估仪器的性能，改善排放清单，并作为环境空气质量数据的交叉检查。… View Summary +
近年来，中国在环境法、环境税和大气法方面进行了完善，为确保企业遵守空气质量标准提供了坚实的基础。美国在1990年《清洁空气法修正案》颁布后，环保署和各州面临着实施大量新要求和标准的挑战，清洁空气法扩大实施与中国生态环保部扩展权限面临的挑战相似，因此，美国的一些经验也可供中国参考。本文重点介绍了政府部门可能需要考虑的具体领域，包括：1）监督和执行的一致性；2）跨空气流域的违规诊断；3）培训员工；4）制定处罚政策；以及5）在评估处罚时审查整个公司结构的重要性。… View Summary +
排污许可证是确保实现空气质量和温室气体目标有效制度的重要组成部分，是空气质量管理规划的五个基本要素之一，也是排放限制得以实施的机制。国际经验的最佳做法表明，许可证条款中应规定要达到的排放标准，以及确保合规的流程、程序、记录保存和报告要求。企业以自己的生产为目的应保留丰富的记录和数据。在许可证中，通过使用这些数据——包括运行参数、生产和维护记录——政府机构可以有效利用其资源。… View Summary +
理解碳市场和电力市场之间的相互作用以及它们之间的相互影响——是两者良好设计的关键。国际经验表明，以孤立的政策设计电力市场和碳市场不会带来最佳结果。协同设计这些方案有助于市场尽可能经济有效，并确保碳排放计划以尽可能低的成本为终端用户和整个电力部门实现目标。… View Summary +
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… View Summary +
This policy guide — part of the Roadmap for Electric Transportation legislative kit — provides legislators and their staff members an overview of electric vehicle issues and options. It begins by looking at the merits of EV legislation to… View Summary +
Proactive state legislative action and planning are needed to realize the full benefits of electric transportation for citizens, the economy and the environment. Some states may be starting from scratch while others have existing legislation. The legislative options found here… View Summary +
The rapid growth in distributed energy resources (DERs) has delivered benefits for residential customers, businesses and utilities. This accelerating worldwide spread has also created a challenge that regulators recognize: how to determine the value of these resources for the grid,… View Summary +
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… View Summary +