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Without bold energy efficiency policies, it will be impossible to reach the goals articulated in the Paris Agreement. This is the main finding of authors from the Regulatory Assistance Project, Öko-Institut, and Stefan Scheuer Consulting, who identified the impact of… View Summary +
中国正在建立可再生能源电力配额制度。国际上可再生能源配额设计的经验可以给中国提供一些参考,比如美国许多州所使用的可再生能源配额制(Renewable Portfolio Standard,简称RPS)。 在中国建立可再生能源电力配额制度时,可以考虑许多类别的设计问题,例如配额比例是基于发电装机容量还是电量?有哪些监管点?如何处理履约灵活性以及与碳政策的相互配合?最近这篇报告 “可再生能源配额制设计备选方案概览 (基于美国经验)”,梳理了美国设计其RPS的主要原则和方案,可以为中国提供一些借鉴和参考,其中包括: 过渡时期要小心:新的可再生能源配额制度设计起来不容易,需要确保中国目前成功的可再生能源政策不被中断。中国在可再生能源开发领域处于世界领先地位,在设计可再生能源配额时,应该注意使其与现有政策相一致,以起到进一步促进中国可再生能源繁荣发展的作用。同时,中国电力市场的持续转型使得可再生能源配额的政策设计更加棘手,应该格外小心,确保当前政策环境的平稳过渡。 明确目标,设计相应的RPS政策,但不要指望RPS可以解决所有问题。设计有效的RPS,关键第一步是明确想要达到的目标。RPS可以根据特定目标进行量身定制,解决一些问题,但是,RPS政策无法实现所有目标。比如,RPS 通常不能解决可再生能源面临的并网挑战; 也不能消除可再生能源的任何“高于市场”成本。… View Summary +
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If the video is not visible, please accept all cookies to enable the player. Commercial and industrial utility customers have the opportunity to use power sector innovations to reduce their energy bills and produce services for the grid. Distributed… View Summary +
In a RAP webinar held on April 11, 2018, Dr. Carl Linvill and Jim Lazar unpack smart non-residential rate design and explain how it can produce benefits for customers in your state. Regulators can create price signals for utilities that reduce… View Summary +
Can monopolies with market power send business to other regulated monopolies? Can one monopoly create a “need” for which ratepayers will be charged by another related monopoly? As it stands right now, the answer to both these questions is yes. View Summary +
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The growth and development of solar energy, which is so important in the current global context, is determined by political economic factors, and in turn, has varied implications for energy justice. India’s western region presents a complex context within which… View Summary +
China is in the midst of creating a quota system for renewable energy. The policy may resemble that used in many U.S. states known as a renewable portfolio standard (RPS), but China’s electricity market and regulatory structures are unique, as… View Summary +
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Die deutsche Bundesregierung hat sich „Efficiency First“ auf die Fahnen geschrieben und auch der Koalitionsvertrag der neuen Regierung macht sich dieses Prinzip zu eigen. Andere EU‑Mitgliedsstaaten sind hier offensichtlich noch skeptisch. Laut einem durchgesickerten Dokument des Rates der Europäischen… View Summary +
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Small, coal-fired district heating systems are a major source of air pollution in Poland. Applying EU regulations would go some way toward solving this problem, write Edith Bayer and Richard Cowart of global energy policy advisors Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP),… View Summary +
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In February, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) finalized a historic rule on participation of storage resources in the “ISO/RTO” wholesale electricity markets. ISO/RTO markets cover about two-thirds of the United States and are roughly analogous to the… View Summary +
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