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This report identifies ten significant design issues for energy efficiency potential studies, which are often mishandled, leading to flawed study results. Potential studies are nearly always expensive and time consuming undertakings. It is therefore important to “get it right” the… View Summary +
In these comments filed with the Texas Public Utility Commission, RAP responds to recommendations made by other organizations in the PUC’s Project 40000, Proceeding to Ensure Resource Adequacy in Texas. In markets with a significant share of variable resources, such… View Summary +
2011年1月,中国建立了一套实施能效的新机制,要求两大电网公司来承担节能义务。这一机制融合在现有的通过中央制定能效目标并由各级政府和所选单个企业来完成目标的节能系统中。这个报告基于国际经验,给出了我们对中国政府监督电网公司开展需求侧管理工作的意见。虽然电网公司有能力有效地开展节能工作,但是他们缺乏良好的记录并且节能义务与电网公司内在利益并不一致,所以政府的监管非常重要。电网公司实施能效项目与现有的节能系统同样有潜力取得成功。但是如果想这个潜力充分发挥出来,中国应该建立政府对电网企业需求侧管理工作强有力的监督程序。这个报告中的建议就是为了帮助建立这些程序。… View Summary +
This best practices guide provides a “cookbook” summary of the most effective policies to promote energy efficiency. Governments ranging from local to national can adopt these policies to foster the use of products and services which require less energy input… View Summary +
Energy efficiency is widely recognized as a low-cost, readily available resource that offers a variety of benefits to utility customers and to society as a whole. There is a great amount of variation across the states in the ways that… View Summary +
In January 2011, China established a new delivery mechanism for energy efficiency when it placed energy efficiency obligations on the two large grid companies that supply electricity to end-use customers. This mechanism joins the already successful system of establishing energy… View Summary +
If the video is not visible, please accept all cookies to enable the player. The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), with support from the Energy Foundation, offered this webinar at no charge to participants as part of a series of… View Summary +
Australia’s Clean Energy Future Plan is a comprehensive set of national policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and driving investments in clean energy. At its core is a carbon pricing mechanism that commenced on 1 July 2012 and covers… View Summary +
Although solar costs have been dropping in recent years, solar power is still more expensive than conventional electricity generation and other renewable energy options. In most applications, solar power also still needs continuing government policy support. However, the need to… View Summary +
The International Energy Agency (IEA) together with its working partner the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) is undertaking a new work programme focused on energy efficiency and energy providers. Formulated under the auspices of the International Partnership on Energy Efficiency Cooperation… View Summary +