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China expects its gross domestic product in 2020 to be four times that of 2000. Limits on energy resources and China’s environmental needs require that electricity use grow at a much lower rate than the economy. Demand-side management (DSM) is… View Summary +
This paper examines China’s electric sector power and its experience with persistent swings from significant power surpluses to serious power shortages and discusses the role of demand-side management in softening the impact of China’s boom/bust cycle. View Summary +
This paper discusses how portfolio management can improve quality of electric service while reducing costs without impinging on efforts to build competitive retail markets in those states committed to that goal. View Summary +
Topics covered in this paper include power system reliability benefits from distributed energy resources, customer-owned generation, customer supplied ancillary services, and improved pricing signals in wholesale and retailmarkets. View Summary +
The purpose of this paper is to describe implementation options for two concepts: deaveraged distribution credits and distributed resource development zones, as first described in Profits and Progress Though Distributed Resources (NARUC,February 2000). View Summary +
This report explores the role that cost-effective energy efficiency and load management resources can play in restoring the demand-supply balance in electricity. View Summary +
This paper analyzes the linkages between energy use and the environment in China with a focus on restructuring the electric industry while integrating environmental impacts into electricity system planning, expandsion, and reform. View Summary +
This paper, on electric power sector reforms and China’s development, was presented at the Energy Strategy and Technology for Sustainable Development Session of the International Conference on Engineering and Technological Science in Beijing, China. The goal of the paper is… View Summary +
This report looks at the relationship between the use of distributed resources and utility profits, and describes the market environment where cost-effective distributedresources can compete with central station generation. View Summary +
This paper provides technical information on the topics of power sector reform and regulatory practices and was adapted from coursework that was designed to develop technical leadership capacity in energy development and greenhouse gas emissions reduction that are both friendly… View Summary +
In November 1996, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissions (NARUC) adopted a Resolution in Support Of Customer Right-To-Know and Product Labeling Standards for Retail Marketing Of Electricity and identified the need to provide retail consumers with clear and uniform… View Summary +
This report makes policy recommendations to the six New England states on uniform consumer information disclosure for the retail sale of electricity. View Summary +
This volume is a collection of papers based on a series of writings and workshops on competition in the electric utility industry presented through workshops to commissions and staff in states across the country in late 1994 and1995. View Summary +
This paper analyzes the utility industry’s financial disincentives for energy efficiency and explores policy options, including decoupling. View Summary +
This document contains a compilation of thirteen papers prepared from workshop presentations of The Regulatory Assistance Project. View Summary +