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As the Washington Department of Commerce and Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission develop rules to implement the Clean Energy Transformation Act, Jessica Shipley and Megan O'Reilly presented a methodology for determining the incremental cost of compliance....
Heating in buildings is responsible for almost one‑third of total EU energy demand, and around 75% of heat is still produced by burning fossil fuels. The European Union must make decarbonising heat a major priority if it hopes to meet its climate goals for 2030 and beyond. Successful decarbonisation will require a well-coordinated effort across several areas �...
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....
At an EU policy workshop organised within the framework of the Horizon 2020 project PV-Prosumers4Grid, Andreas Jahn spoke about developing distribution networks in light of the increasing decentralisation of the energy system, customer engagement and prosumerism....
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....
This policy guide — part of the Roadmap for Electric Transportation legislative kit — provides legislators and their staff members an overview of electric vehicle issues and options. It begins by looking at the merits of EV legislation to answer the all-important question: “Why?” From there this resource outlines the “what” and “how” of the many i...
Proactive state legislative action and planning are needed to realize the full benefits of electric transportation for citizens, the economy and the environment. Some states may be starting from scratch while others have existing legislation. The legislative options found here — part of the Roadmap for Electric Transportation kit — offer a menu of choices fo...
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....
This policy brief, a generic version of a memo provided for a state public utility commission, considers starting points for how to apply performance-based regulation and associated performance incentive mechanisms to distribution system investments by utilities. Ensuring that such investments are cost-effective begins by outlining goals that a state utility c...
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 to a secure supply of electricity over the next 10 years. These public comments were ...
