RAP invited Tim Woolf, Vice President of Synapse Energy Economics, to address the importance of properly applying energy efficiency cost-effectiveness tests in its March 11th webinar. Mr. Woolf spoke to a crowd of nearly 150 regulators, utility staff, Commissioners and other interested parties about two elements that are often handled improperly, the "other progr...

Energy efficiency is widely recognized as a low-cost, readily available resource that offers a variety of benefits to utility customers and to society as a whole. There is a great amount of variation across the states in the ways that energy efficiency programs are screened for cost-effectiveness. As part of a webinar entitled "Strategies for Effective Regulatory...

Energy efficiency is widely recognized as a low-cost, readily available resource that offers a variety of benefits to utility customers and to society as a whole. There is a great amount of variation across the states in the ways that energy efficiency programs are screened for cost-effectiveness. Many states apply methodologies and assumptions that do not captur...

This paper discusses how portfolio management practice can reduce both market risks and the ordinary risks that have always been present in the electric industry: market power, price volatility, fuel diversity, and financial risk....