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Among Indian states, Gujarat’s electricity distribution sector has come to be regarded as exemplary. Its distribution companies have A+ credit ratings and acceptably low loss levels, and provide 24/7 power throughout the energy surplus state, with separate feeders for up to eight hours a day of agricultural supply. Reforms enacted in Gujarat subsequent to the n...
This study of electricity governance in Delhi, India, is one in a series of working papers produced for the Mapping Power project, a collaboration between RAP and the Centre for Policy Research in Delhi. It explores regulatory trends in Delhi’s privatised power distribution sector over the past few decades. While privatization brought in noticeable improvement ...
In a RAP webinar held on April 27th, 2017, we address the question of whether energy and environmental regulators can work together, in a more integrated and streamlined fashion, to achieve state energy and air quality goals. We think they can. Ken Colburn and Christopher James detail how energy and air quality planning can be retooled—in a process RAP has du...
Dr. Carl Linvill of RAP and Nadav Enbar of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) hosted a webinar for the Illinois Solar Energy Association (ISEA) about utility engagement strategies to reduce barriers to the development of solar energy. This effort was funded by the SolSmart program....
At the 2017 Hannover Messe, Andreas Jahn spoke about the German energy transition, or Energiewende, and the potential for German-Polish cooperation in the energy sector....
The economics of energy efficiency programmes have been subject to considerable academic debate lasting well over three decades. In this paper, we contribute to this debate by reviewing the costs and benefits of a specific type of policy+ instrument that recently gained significant traction in Europe—energy efficiency obligations (EEOs). Following the introdu...
The Winter Package is an ambitious proposal for an energy policy framework meant to deliver on the commitment of the European Union to make ‘Efficiency First’ a guiding policy principle in energy policymaking. However, beyond the high-level commitment, many areas of the Winter Package fall short of comprehensively adopting the Efficiency First principle. I...
In the first of three Solar Market Pathways workshops for the Utah Municipal Utilities, Jim Lazar and John Shenot discussed the grid impacts of distributed solar. The information, data, or work presented herein was funded in part by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), U.S. Department of Energy, under Award Number DE-EE0006907....
Finding ways to unlock more energy efficiency is a priority for countries looking to meet their energy policy goals. Efficiency is central to making progress on decarbonisation and energy security, while also fostering economic and social development. At the same time, many market failures are preventing realisation of the full potential that energy efficiency of...
