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We believe that sharing our expertise and collaborations in clean energy policy is how real, effective change happens.
From reports and policy briefs, to webinars and podcasts—RAP advisors have built an extensive collection of resources providing in-depth analysis and practical solutions to today’s energy challenges.
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RAP’s Chris James and Rebecca Schultz, along with Catherine Witherspoon, former executive officer of the California Air Resources Board, made recommendations on revisions to China’s air quality index and ambient air quality standards in this letter to the regulation drafting… View Summary +
RAP’s Meg Gottstein prepared this advisory note, “Advisory Note on the Draft Framework Guidelines on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management for Electricity,” on key market integration topics issued for comment by the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). View Summary +
RAP has developed and presented to regulators, member states and stakeholders an overview of the key elements of European electricity market integration in Europe and how decisions in the various areas of integration may act either to advance–or interfere with–Europe’s… View Summary +
RAP has developed and presented to regulators, member states and stakeholders an overview of the key elements of European electricity market integration in Europe and how decisions in the various areas of integration may act either to advance–or interfere with–Europe’s… View Summary +
With the adoption of the Climate and Energy Package in 2008, European decision-makers created an integrated suite of policies to reduce carbon emissions, increase renewable energy production, and advance energy savings. As the EU ETS moves to carbon auctioning, decision-makers… View Summary +
Rate design is a crucial element of an overall regulatory strategy that fosters energy efficiency and sends appropriate signals about efficient system investment and operations. Rate design is also fully under the control of state regulators. Progressive rate design elements… View Summary +
In the second part of this series, we explain smart grid opportunities to advance end-use energy efficiency and clean distributed generation. This paper also outlines the potential benefits for energy efficiency and distributed generation. The first part of the series,… View Summary +
This paper is a summary of market-based mechanisms to achieve energy policy goals in China and elsewhere. These goals include targets for energy consumption, energy efficiency or carbon emissions. The authors draw on international experience – including from Europe, the… View Summary +
This 120-page guide offers a broad look at utility regulation in the US. Its intended audience includes anyone involved in the regulatory process, from regulators to industry to advocates and consumers. The chapters briefly touch on most topics that affect… View Summary +
This paper examines how sound analytical techniques can inform the design of emissions reduction policies, and the lessons learned from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in the northeast United States. View Summary +
This brief survey focuses on the subset of state and federal fiscal and regulatory policies that have played the largest role in the recent development of renewable energy in the United States. View Summary +
RAP and the ECF released this Energy Savings 2020 study, which finds that the EU will need to triple its efforts to meet its 20 percent energy savings target in the next decade. The study, written by Ecofys and Fraunhofer… View Summary +
Clean First is not a single policy, but rather a comprehensive suite of policies that flows from the overarching principle of aligning national power sector policies and practices with national climate and environmental policies. View Summary +