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For this National Regulatory Research Institute webinar, David Littell explored the future role of natural gas and the risks to ratepayers of an overreliance on building out natural gas infrastructure. ...
In a webinar for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Staff Subcommittee on Rate Design, Carl Linvill and Jim Lazar discussed the principles of smart rate design for non-residential utility customers and the resulting benefits....
RAP’s Christopher James Highlights International Experience with Pollution Discharge Permitting System at the 3rd Bluetech Conference....
At an EU-China Renewable Energy Workshop held in Beijing, China, Andreas Jahn of RAP joined Mara Marthe Kleiner of Agora Energiewende and Mario Ragwitz of Fraunhofer ISI to speak about remuneration and market design for renewable energy sources....
At the California Public Utilities Commission's Electric Rate Forum, Carl Linvill discussed the principles of smart rate design for non-residential utility customers and the resulting benefits....
Max Dupuy discussed energy trends in China, India, and Europe at the National Conference of State Legislatures in San Diego, California....
Electricity use by non-residential customers accounts for nearly two-thirds of California’s total consumption. Many of these customers are interested in adopting distributed energy resources, and many have access to sophisticated energy management and load control technologies. These customers could therefore be an important source of support for power grid man...
At an advisory committee meeting of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NWPCC), Dr. Carl Linvill explained principles and best practices for rate design that supports beneficial demand response through effective price signals....
Renewable energy integration in China is an urgent and complex problem, requiring solutions in planning, policy, market design, regulation, operations (dispatch), and resource flexibility. All of these have a role to play in increasing system flexibility to support higher penetrations of variable renewable energy. This paper reviews U.S. experience with incr...
Institutions and practices for power sector planning are the foundation for cost-effective investment and environmental sustainability. The main challenge is to shift the Chinese power sector away from the old model, in which meeting rapid demand growth was the prime consideration, and toward a model that gives careful consideration of complex trade-offs and mul...
