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Im Zuge der Energiewende werden die Verteilnetze ausgebaut, damit Wind- und Solaranlagen ihren Strom einspeisen können. Mehr als 17 Milliarden Euro werden jährlich für Netzentgelte ausgegeben. Aber die bisherige Netzentgelt-Systematik passt nicht zur Energiewende. Das ist ein Ergebnis der Analyse… View Summary +
With many Energy Union discussions focused on securing energy supplies first, RAP suggests that success of the Energy Union rests on prioritizing demand-side resources in a policy called “Efficiency First”. This policy brief highlights successful Efficiency First policies in power… View Summary +
How and when plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) are recharged can dramatically affect the electric grid. As a result, regulation of the power sector could have a significant influence on the rate of EV rollout. This paper explores how regulation can… View Summary +
Regulatory processes, decisions, and mechanisms deeply affect power sector investment, operations, and emissions in complex and sometimes subtle ways. This paper describes developments and trends in power sector regulation and their impact on power sector emissions in the United States,… View Summary +
This 2014 update to Ceres’ 2012 report, Practicing Risk-Aware Electricity Regulation: What Every State Regulator Needs to Know, looks at key trends that continue to reshape the U.S. electricity industry, analyzes changing costs and risk profiles of energy resources (especially… View Summary +
Building on the first webinar of the series “Fundamentals of Rate Design,” Jim Lazar and Janine Migden-Ostrander introduced the finer points of cost allocation and dynamic pricing, as well as net metering and alternatives. Because cost allocation is an inexact… View Summary +
Many state net-metering laws allow consumers installing rooftop solar arrays to incur net-bills for zero or very few kilowatt-hours, depending on the geographic location and the design of the net-metering tariff. To improve revenue stability and collect distribution system costs… View Summary +
需求响应对中国并不陌生，90年代已经开始通过行政、经济和技术手段对部分终端用户负荷进行控制。传统的需求响应项目主要以有序用电方式来缓解电力供应紧张的情况，应对电力突发事件。具体的措施有错峰、避峰、限电、拉闸。除了有序用电，一些地区还制定了较为完善的电价体系来调节供需，例如，峰谷电价、季节电价、阶梯电价、差别电价等。有序用电在保障电网安全运行和维护用电秩序方面发挥了重要的作用，但是需求响应作为电力系统相比供应侧更低成本和清洁的资源，它的价值并未得到充分体现。参与者也未能得到足够的经济补偿，因而没有动力将需求响应的效益扩大化。本文在简要回顾美国需求响应项目的历史背景之后，介绍电力公司开展的需求响应项目和市场化条件下的需求响应的情况，从而揭示美国需求响应的经济学原理和监管方法。中国目前正在进行需求响应试点并开始探索各种补偿方式，虽然开展项目的出发点有所不同，美国需求响应经济学的讨论对中国同样适用，可以为中国起到很好的借鉴作用。… View Summary +
Rate design for electric utility customers is an arcane topic that matters a lot, and there is simply no one-size-fits-all approach. However, all effective rate designs reflect the costs incurred to provide reliable service throughout the year. As the first… View Summary +
In diesem Kommentar stellt RAP übergreifende Fragen zu regionalen Flexibilitätsmärkten, die in Deutschland im Zusammenhang mit der so genannten „Netzampel” diskutiert werden. In deren „gelben Phase“ sollen lokale und regionale Netzbetreiber Engpässe im Netz über eine wettbewerbliche Beschaffung von Ausgleichsenergie… View Summary +
6月上旬，美国环保署提出了一项温室气体减排法草案——“清洁电力计划”。因美国国会中有人反对立法限制温室气体排放，所以美国环保署只能在《清洁空气法案》赋予的监管权限范围内提出该草案。美国环保署预计，到2030年，该计划的实施可使美国电力行业比2005年减少30%的二氧化碳排放。美国要实现这一目标，发电企业每年需要减少二氧化碳排放约5亿吨。为此，该计划被认为是有史以来美国联邦政府在对抗全球变暖问题上做出的最大举动。无论如何，这一草案规划值得我们密切关注。就此，中国电力报记者朱怡对睿博能源智库(RAP)的中国和美国项目主任金珂瑞（Christopher… View Summary +
As part of its climate and energy package, Germany has set ambitious long-term goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent, primary energy consumption 50 percent, and power consumption 25 percent by 2050. Meeting these goals will require aggressive investment… View Summary +
Motivating power producers to plan for and develop enough capacity to meet the needs of customers during times of peak demand has been a challenge for power planners. A substantial portion of system capacity is needed for a relatively small… View Summary +
Co-authors of the publication “Decoupling Case Studies: Revenue Regulation Implementation in Six States,” Janine Migden-Ostrander and Dave Lamont explored different approaches to revenue regulation programs in a webinar held on September 11, 2014. They highlight design and policy options for… View Summary +
This policy brief outlines a number of concerns regarding the design of the proposed Great Britain capacity market and, more generally, over the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) decision to opt for a market-wide capacity remuneration mechanism (CRM)… View Summary +