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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 +

This paper explains the process by which EPA determined the total amount of reductions to obtain from the power sector by modeling different amounts of emissions reductions to achieve maximum improvement in regional air quality. 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 white paper, prepared for the Arizona Leadership Summit on Solar Energy and Economics held in Phoenix on January 9, 2009, addresses utility sector economic incentives and disincentives and their impact on the deployment of renewable energy. View Summary +

本文对美国东北部十个州共同合作的区域温室气体行动（RGGI）计划制定的背景和原则进行了详细的阐述，对首个排放权拍卖过程和结果进行了深入的分析。文中特别强调了RGGI在促使各参与州在法规规定的基准之上争取额外的减排量，以及将排放权拍卖获得的资金用于投资能效与其它减排方案这两大优点。… View Summary +

This white paper evaluates emissions performance standards as a means to reduce the financial and reliability risks associated with new investments in high carbon-emitting power plants. View Summary +

This paper is a brief description of the RGGI auction process. View Summary +

This article, first published in the Vermont Law Review, focuses on how cap-and-trade systems for the power sector can be designed to accelerate investments in energy efficiency, which would permit more-rapid carbon reductions at a lower cost to consumers and… View Summary +