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The transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) presents a unique opportunity for the utility sector. EVs have the ability to become a valuable grid resource because of their flexibility, but if their integration is not well-managed,… View Summary +
RAP’s recent publication, Taking First Steps: Insights for State Utility Commissions Preparing for Electric Transportation starts with the observation that “while no one state agency has clear responsibility for it, utility commissions are taking their first steps toward understanding… View Summary +
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In a webinar for LEONARDO Energy, Dr. Jan Rosenow and Dr. Richard Lowes presented pragmatic principles and policies for smart electrification of heating in Europe. They highlighted that decarbonising heat is critical for meeting climate and clean air goals; electrification… View Summary +
The COVID-19 crisis is influencing every aspect of the global economy, and electric utilities are certainly seeing significant impacts. Before utility regulators take actions to adjust revenues or rates to reflect COVID-19 impacts, it is important to identify and quantify… View Summary +
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If the video is not visible, please accept all cookies to enable the player. Heating in buildings is responsible for almost one-third of total EU energy demand. And most of that heat is met by burning fossil fuels. In… View Summary +
Heating of buildings accounts for almost one-third of the European Union’s total energy demand. And most of that heat is provided by burning fossil fuels. With the European Commission currently developing a Smart Sector Integration Strategy in the context of… View Summary +
Our jobs, comforts, and ability to survive all depend on something most people take for granted until it goes missing: energy. It powers our lighting, our appliances, our cell phones – our entire daily lives. We need it to search… View Summary +
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In this report, produced with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Synapse Energy Economics, RAP and Community Action Partnership take an in-depth look at the disparate impacts electric and natural gas infrastructure have on economic, social, and health… View Summary +
Die Entgelte für die Nutzung der Stromnetze sind reguliert. Wie genau diese sich zusammensetzen, ist für Stromkundinnen und -kunden allerdings kaum nachvollziehbar. Gleichzeitig machen die Netzentgelte einen großen Posten auf der Haushaltsstromrechnung aus: gut ein Viertel der Zahlungen geht an… View Summary +
Electrification and power sector reform are interdependent challenges for countries around the world. Both will be central components of strategies to achieve ambitious carbon emissions reductions. In China, air quality challenges and other circumstances suggest a further urgency for electrification. View Summary +