This paper describes a perspective on the most desirable electric utility industry and regulatory structures at the advent of restructuring in the United States. View Summary +

This primer is the culmination of a project sponsored by the Energy Conservation Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). It addresses utility and regulatory considerations which are relevant to the strategic planning process in the provision… View Summary +

This document was prepared in 1993 by the Northwest Conservation Act Coalition, now known as the NW Energy Coalition. While it is dated, the vast majority of the content remains relevant for consumer and environmental participants in the utility regulatory… View Summary +

This document, produced in 1992 by RAP’s Jim Lazar for the Arizona Corporation Commission, provides the basis for “Dividing the Pie: Cost Allocation, the First Step in the Rate Design Process,” Appendix A of “Smart Rate Design for a Smart… View Summary +

This report examines the remaining policy and practical barriers to the increased use of renewable resources for the generation of electricity and offers several new initiatives to hasten the development of renewable resources. View Summary +

This paper discusses the important characteristics and distinctions between decoupling and lost revenue recovery, the two general approaches used to eliminate the disincentives to energy efficiency created by current ratesetting processes. View Summary +

This paper examines two sections of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, which create new duties for state public utility regulators: conservation and energy efficiency by electric utilities and long term wholesale purchase standards. View Summary +

The most common approach in the United States for encouraging energy efficiency in new buildings is for governmental agencies to adopt building codes requiring specified levels of energy efficiency. While beneficial, codes are often poorly written, ineffectively enforced, and chronically… View Summary +

In the broadest sense, this paper discusses issues relating to the earnings implications which flow from the pursuit of least-cost plans. More narrowly, however, the issues, discussion, and conclusions apply with equal force whenever a utility implements cost-effective demand-side measures,… View Summary +

This document was prepared in 1982 by the People’s Organization for Washington Energy Resources (POWER). While it is dated, the vast majority of the content remains relevant for consumer and environmental participants in the utility regulatory process. View Summary +