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May 5, 2020
Synchronizing the Electric Regulatory Response to COVID-19
- Jim Lazar
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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April 29, 2020
Making a Clean-Energy Future an Equitable Future
- Alice Napoleon ,
- Donna Brutkoski ,
- Nancy Seidman
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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April 15, 2020
Modern Marginal Cost of Service Studies
- Jim Lazar ,
- Mark LeBel
The previous blog post in this series examined embedded cost of service studies — but some states choose to look ahead, considering marginal costs. This approach stems from the economic theory that today’s consumption drives tomorrow’s costs and customer classes… View Summary +
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April 8, 2020
Three New EV Resources from RAP
The market for electric vehicles — from cars to buses to delivery vans — continues to expand around the world, and the pace of innovation is accelerating. While current public health and economic challenges may pose a temporary roadblock, it… View Summary +
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March 25, 2020
A European Green Deal for heat – Smart sector integration is key
The EU is currently reviewing its 2030 climate targets and has put forward a Green Deal for Europe. It is unsettling to see that the package of measures says nothing about heat, despite its critical importance… View Summary +
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March 11, 2020
E-Mobilität braucht Reform der Netzentgelte
Wenn die Elektromobilität in Deutschland ein Erfolg werden soll, muss ihre Einbindung ins Stromnetz von Anfang an mitgedacht werden. Bisher fehle ein schlüssiger Ansatz dazu. Alle reden vom Hochlauf der Elektromobilität. Bis 2025 sollen zwei bis… View Summary +
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February 11, 2020
Polish coal boiler phase-out an inspiration for clean heat
It all started in Krakow, Poland. The medieval city is known for its beauty, but also for poor air quality from coal heating. In 2012, a group of local residents joined together and founded the organisation Krakow… View Summary +
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February 5, 2020
For MADRI, the End of an Era … and the Beginning of Another
- John Shenot
Over the past 15 years, a group of power sector professionals have followed — and fostered — developments in an era of enormous change for the sector. In December, the group met in Washington DC for the 54th and final… View Summary +
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January 28, 2020
Updating Embedded Cost of Service Studies for a New Era
- Jim Lazar ,
- Mark LeBel ,
- Paul Chernick
In the first blog post in this series, we outlined how our new manual, Electric Cost Allocation for a New Era, looks comprehensively at the process of dividing utility costs among customer classes — and proposes several ways it… View Summary +
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January 22, 2020
A Green Deal that works for everyone – Making the renovation wave a reality
Change is in the air. European leaders agreed in December that Europe would adopt a net-zero emissions target for 2050. The European Commission announced that it will put forward new legislation by March to enshrine climate neutrality in law. View Summary +
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