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In a presentation for the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, Dr. Carl Linvill discussed the economic and decarbonization benefits resulting from regional collaboration on transmission projects, as well as the role legislators can play in paving the way....
In a presentation to the Department of Energy's innovation fellows, Dr. Carl Linvill provided an overview of RAP's support to commissions and shared a primer on smart rate design....
At the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, Dr. Carl Linvill of RAP and Sam Crano of the Nevada Public Utilities Commission discussed the background, process and regulation that resulted from Nevada's recent alternative regulation docket....
At a UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute meeting, Carl Linvill discussed flexible load as a grid resource and highlighted steps to build an effective strategic flexible load reserve. ...
At the Financial Research Institute’s Advanced Electricity Seminar on Utility Rates and Pricing for the Future, Carl Linvill explored smart rate design fundamentals and exposed some common policy pitfalls. ...
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 design, a net metering program can advance specific policy goals while maintaining sound principles of rate de...
In the third of three RAP presentations for a Utah Department of Public Utilities staff workshop on grid modernization, Dr. Carl Linvill discussed the more granular cost allocation and smart rate design needs of a modernizing grid. In the first part, Elaine Prause provided an overview of grid modernization investments. John Shenot then explored...
In a roundtable webinar discussion, a panel of experts representing varying perspectives -- a vertically integrated utility, a restructured distribution utility and a community choice aggregator -- discussed what demand- and supply-side resource portfolio procurement looks like for each of them, challenges and opportunities, and what regulators can do to accelera...
In a briefing for the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, Dr. Carl Linvill provided an overview of electric transmission regulation and markets. Jeff Ackermann discussed unique considerations for Western states....
