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In December 2019, the European Network of Transmission System operators for Electricity, ENTSO-E, asked stakeholders to comment on the organisation’s proposal for a Methodology for a European Resource Adequacy Assessment (ERAA). The purpose of the ERAA is to assess the risks… View Summary +
Technology has evolved faster than utility-offered rate designs have, and consumer choice will continue to grow as advanced energy technologies — from electric vehicles to battery storage — and smart grid optionality become available. These changes should likewise prompt advances… View Summary +
Für die Elektrifizierung des Verkehrs- und Wärmesektors bei den privaten Verbrauchern werden neue, aber auch flexible Lasten im Verteilnetz angeschlossen. Um den Ausbau und die dadurch entstehenden Kosten begrenzen zu können, hat das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium ein Gutachten unter dem Titel „Digitalisierung… View Summary +
Nella recente proposta di Piano nazionale integrato per l’energia e il clima, l’Italia ha fissato degli obiettivi ambiziosi per aumentare le quote di energie rinnovabili e si è impegnata a chiudere tutte le centrali a carbone entro il 2025. In… View Summary +
As India progresses toward meeting its renewable energy targets, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is gearing up to implement a continuum of wholesale electricity market products. These will help facilitate large scale renewable energy grid integration and optimize system… View Summary +
In this chapter of Decentralised Energy: A Global Game Changer, Ranjit Bharvirkar takes a look at how centralized provision of electricity in India has never been reliable for millions of consumers. It was always supplemented by alternative sources – both economically and… View Summary +
With global electric vehicle (EV) sales on the rise, policymakers around the world are accelerating efforts to facilitate development of the necessary charging infrastructure and to integrate EVs into the power system at least cost. Turkey is just starting down… View Summary +
Cost allocation is one of the major steps in the traditional regulatory process for setting utility rates. In this step, the regulators are primarily determining how to equitably divide a set amount of costs, typically referred to as the… View Summary +
In its recent draft National Energy and Climate Plan, Italy set ambitious targets for increasing the share of variable renewable energy and committed to closing all coal plants by 2025. These developments, coupled with concerns about the economic viability of… View Summary +
In a webinar presentation, Emma Zinsmeister of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency explained more about the EPA’s innovative new “benefits per kilowatt-hour” tool for quantifying the health benefits of energy efficiency and renewables, and RAP’s Jim Lazar and Nancy Seidman… View Summary +
In a recent special issue of The Electricity Journal guest-edited by RAP staff, authors tackled various aspects of the topic of energy optimization. RAP brought together three of the authors who contributed to the special issue for a webinar conversation:… View Summary +
Perhaps the most basic of electricity sector rules, one that has operated for over a century, is that electricity must be generated at precisely the same time it’s consumed. For years, grid operators have determined load on a system and… View Summary +
This policy brief dives deeper into rate design for low- and moderate-income (LMI) ratepayers in New England. As always, effective rate design is crucial to achieving regulatory and public policy goals, but achieving broad societal policy goals need not come at the… View Summary +
The energy transition in Germany poses challenges, but two main issues are emerging with regard to power distribution. First, peaks occur on the system on days when high levels of wind and solar generation are injected. Second, increases in the… View Summary +
In this webinar from the International Energy Agency’s User-Centred Energy Systems programme, Dr. Julia Hildermeier and Christos Kolokathis explored three promising practices for EV grid integration: smart pricing, smart technology and smart planning. They also shared policies for accelerating the… View Summary +