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Energy efficiency is a valuable, least-cost alternative to supply-side investments. States’ recognition of this value has grown dramatically in the U.S. over the past ten years, with leading jurisdictions now acquiring more than twice as much electric efficiency savings as… View Summary +

Faced with the complexities and opportunities created by an increase in distributed customer energy resources, Rhode Island is poised on the edge of a fundamental change in its energy system. Energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy, and new electric technologies… View Summary +

In 2006, the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island were leading the nation in energy efficiency (EE) savings at 1.2% of annual electricity sales. By 2014, leading states were achieving nearly double that, with Massachusetts and Rhode Island seeing first… View Summary +

Najważniejsze informacje: Zarówno europejski jak i polski sektor elektroenergetyczny znajduje się w punkcie zwrotnym. Systemy elektroenergetyczne przechodzą transformację podyktowaną zobowiązaniami do dalszej redukcji emisji, rosnącym udziałem źródeł odnawialnych (OZE), a także koniecznością zapewnienia niezawodnych dostaw energii po akceptowalnej cenie. Opracowany… View Summary +

Both the European power sector at large and the Polish power sector in particular are at a pivotal moment. Power systems are in transition, driven by commitments to continuing emissions reductions, growing penetration of renewables, and the need to provide… View Summary +

Studies show that creative rate design can achieve up to a 35 percent reduction in customer usage during critical peak hours, and up to a 15 percent difference in total consumption over the course of a year. Demand charges have… View Summary +

电力体制改革的一个关键环节是要在全国范围内逐渐实施输配电价改革。最新颁布的《关于推进输配电价改革的实施意见》等共6份配套文件，遵循了9号文的主旨精神，即“准许成本加合理收益”原则，并提出了较为具体的实施措施。… View Summary +

The EU Commission’s market design communication focuses primarily on the question of whether and how to intervene in support of investment in needed capacity. However, this issue must be addressed within the context of meeting climate and energy targets for… View Summary +

Coal combustion from industrial production is a chief contributor to China’s air pollution and rising greenhouse gas emissions. Despite this known linkage, there is no guide for China’s air pollution officials to assess the degree to which clean energy policies… View Summary +

工业生产燃煤是中国空气污染的主要来源，也成为不断增加的温室气体排放的罪魁祸首。虽然两者的关联度众所周知，但中国尚未规定空气质量监管部门如何评估清洁能源政策以及减少能源消耗能够在多大程度上有助于改善空气质量，减少温室气体的排放。中国“十一五”和“十二五”规划期间实施的《千家企业节能低碳行动实施方案》和《万家企业节能低碳行动实施方案》节省了约4.2亿吨煤炭，但这些节煤与减少空气污染到底有什么关联呢？… View Summary +

Planning for compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) is raising many questions for state regulators. How, for example, will compliance affect voluntary and regulatory renewable energy markets? How can carbon trading under mass-based and rate-based… View Summary +

Achieving important Energy Union policy objectives (including energy security, internal energy market (IEM) completion, and 2030 greenhouse gas abatement targets) will depend on the EU’s ability to develop coherent rules that better align market and climate objectives and facilitate collaboration… View Summary +

RAP’s 2015 publication Smart Rate Design for a Smart Future identifies three key rate design principles for an evolving industry. First, a customer should be able to connect to the grid for no more than the cost of connecting to… View Summary +

​States can meet their obligations to the new Clean Power Plan (CPP) with a variety of tools, from shifting generation to developing lower-carbon resources to making energy efficiency investments. One often-overlooked way to comply with the CPP, however, is electricity… View Summary +