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In the midst of an economic crisis a National Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme for Ireland’s housing stock offers the opportunity to create tens of thousands of jobs in the hard-hit construction sector, while addressing the profound challenges of energy security… View Summary +

This was written for northern New England’s non-profit advocacy community, and is an evaluation of energy and climate legislation and programs at state and federal levels, linking greenhouse gas reduction with affordability and more energy efficient housing. View Summary +

This Issuesletter gives an overview of energy efficiency resource standards, the need to decouple utility profits from utility sales, and explains why decoupling is needed even where a third party administers energy efficiency programs. View Summary +

In consultation with Chinese environmental officials on air pollution law and regulation, the authors of this report have prepared an in-depth analysis of U.S. and other international air regulation experience related to thirteen key issues. View Summary +

National climate change policy faces the challenge of achieving deep emissions reductions while minimizing economic disruption. Since one of the principal aims of a cap-and-trade program is to lower the overall societal cost of environmental improvement, it is crucial to… View Summary +

In this Issuesletter, we examine the potential values of smart grid for consumers and recommend policies Commissions should adopt now before committing ratepayer dollars for such investments. View Summary +

This paper examines mechanisms employed in the US and EU for controlling industrial air pollution emissions vis-à-vis China’s own evolving regulatory framework, including technology-based emission standards and energy efficiency standards. View Summary +

This paper examines mechanisms employed in the US and EU for controlling industrial air pollution emissions vis-à-vis China’s own evolving regulatory framework, including technology-based emission standards and energy efficiency standards. View Summary +

智能电网代表了电力行业发展的必然趋势。但是，如果要使智能电网有益于经济效率、用户福祉和环境保护，就需要适当的市场机制和政策来充分开发其潜能。智能电网技术可提供包括增强系统可靠性、改进能效、优化电费设计和用户选择、更好地帮助可再生能源并网以及整合分布式资源等价值。睿博能源智库在总结美国各州制定智能电网政策经验的基础上，提出了“明智的政策不应落后于智能电网投资”的建议。… View Summary +

On April 21, 2009, the Commission heard Case No. 91541, in which Staff first presented its preferred approach, an EM&V Commission-led evaluator model (“Evaluator Model”), for the evaluation, measurement and verification (“EM&V”) process of the EmPower Maryland programs. The development… View Summary +

This report, written by Pamela Lesh of NRDC, compiles the rate impact experience during this decade with decoupling of retail gas and electric utility revenues from sales volumes and provides, along with this, information on relevant order numbers, statutes, mechanism… View Summary +

This testimony focuses on carbon cap and trade architecture for the US power sector with a focus on allowance allocation policies. View Summary +

This paper provides a brief overview of the 40 years of study and effort to regulate mercury in the U.S. The actions of several states that have moved independently of the federal process may serve as models for the new… View Summary +

This study modeled a prototypical vertically-integrated electric investor-owned utility in the southwestern US that is considering implementing several energy efficiency portfolios, including the impact of these energy efficiency portfolios on utility shareholders and ratepayers as well as the incremental effect… View Summary +

These are the technical appendices of a study that modeled a prototypical vertically-integrated electric investor-owned utility in the southwestern US that is considering implementing several energy efficiency portfolios, including the impact of these energy efficiency portfolios on utility shareholders and… View Summary +