This paper examines two sections of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, which create new duties for state public utility regulators: conservation and energy efficiency by electric utilities and long term wholesale purchase standards....

The most common approach in the United States for encouraging energy efficiency in new buildings is for governmental agencies to adopt building codes requiring specified levels of energy efficiency. While beneficial, codes are often poorly written, ineffectively enforced, and chronically out of date. One way that utilities and other policy makers can influence th...

In the broadest sense, this paper discusses issues relating to the earnings implications which flow from the pursuit of least-cost plans. More narrowly, however, the issues, discussion, and conclusions apply with equal force whenever a utility implements cost-effective demand-side measures, whether as part of a least-cost plan or not. To a lesser extent, the pape...

This document was prepared in 1982 by the People's Organization for Washington Energy Resources (POWER). While it is dated, the vast majority of the content remains relevant for consumer and environmental participants in the utility regulatory process....

This report examines the effect of electricity rate structures on the demand for electricity, to identify how electric rate reform can contributed to solving the region's short and long term electric energy problems....

This electronic copy of the work entitled “Principles of Public Utility Rates” by James C. Bonbright, first published by the Columbia University Press in 1961, is reproduced here in its entirety with the authorization and permission of the copyright holder. It is a study of the standards or reasonable or optimum prices applied, or proposed for application, to...