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Energy planners and regulators have traditionally valued the health benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy at zero — because these benefits do not flow to energy users in proportion to usage and because decision-makers had no simple and feasible way to estimate them. But recent work by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an important step fo...
In a presentation for the AEE West 2020 Virtual Conference, Jim Lazar explored the role of smart home technology and smart rate design in maximizing the benefits of clean energy resources in today's power sector....
In a follow-up discussion to an earlier webinar, co-authors Jim Lazar and Paul Chernick and manual editor Mark LeBel took a more detailed, technical look at how to update cost allocation methods to ensure that costs are shared efficiently and fairly. The presentation breaks down specific issues to be considered within the generation, transmission and distribut...
In a webinar presentation for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Staff Subcommittee on Accounting and Finance, Jim Lazar and Mark LeBel discussed the key recommendations of Electric Cost Allocation for a New Era and how accounting practices need to be updated for the modern-day power system....
In a presentation for the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, Jim Lazar discussed RAP's newly published manual, Electric Cost Allocation for a New Era, covering the basics of cost allocation, current best practices and cutting-edge reforms....
In a presentation for a National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners subcommittee, Jim Lazar and Mark LeBel discussed their newly published manual, Electric Cost Allocation for a New Era, covering the basics of cost allocation, current best practices and cutting-edge reforms....
In a webinar presentation, Jim Lazar, Mark Lebel and Paul Chernick discussed and answered questions about their newly published manual, Electric Cost Allocation for a New Era, covering the basics of cost allocation, current best practices and cutting-edge reforms....
In a presentation at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Winter Policy Summit, Jim Lazar discussed RAP's newly published manual, Electric Cost Allocation for a New Era, covering the basics of cost allocation, current best practices and cutting-edge reforms. ...
