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October 16, 2014
Securing the Social License to Transform Power Sector Regulation
I recently participated in a conversation with North American regulation experts organized by University of Calgary professor and former California Energy Commissioner Michal Moore. The topic was the “social license” in energy regulation. What is the social… View Summary +
July 9, 2014
Tackling 111(d): The Proposed Rule is Out, Now What?
- Ken Colburn
June 18th— the date EPA published its proposed rule to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing power plants under section 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act in the Federal Register—marked the beginning of a new… View Summary +
June 3, 2014
An Electrifying New Business Model
We have a simple theory: a conscious regulatory effort to enable new business models for non-utilities could be a powerful force for change, providing benefits to utilities and producing economic and environmental benefits for consumers. The point is best… View Summary +
May 15, 2014
Tackling 111(d): Could Regional Approaches Rule?
- Ken Colburn
States have a long history of collaborating to achieve energy and environmental goals at lower cost and with greater efficiency than they could achieve alone. Collaborating to implement EPA’s forthcoming 111(d) rule may once again offer across-the-board… View Summary +
April 3, 2014
Tackling 111(d): Where to Begin?
- Ken Colburn
Lately, it seems as if everyone associated with the power sector or an environmental organization is opining on whether EPA will allow this approach or that mechanism to count toward compliance in its proposal to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions… View Summary +
February 15, 2013
Resource Planning
The resources below are offered as part of our Complying with Environmental Regulations Knowledge Management Series. These papers provide perspectives on utility resource planning and ongoing portfolio management. Addressing the Effects of Environmental Regulations:… View Summary +
February 8, 2012
Beyond Capacity Markets: Delivering Capability Resources to Europe’s Decarbonising Power System
Delivering a reliable power supply to consumers has always been a central objective of power market design and various solutions to this challenge have been adopted in Europe and elsewhere. In the context of wholesale power markets, these solutions have… View Summary +
May 23, 2011
Modeling a More Efficient Power Plant
In 2003, RAP first developed the concept of the efficiency power plant (EPP), a set of integrated energy efficiency programs whose savings mirror the output of a conventional power plant. Since then, we’ve worked with our Chinese partners to further… View Summary +
January 1, 1970
《征求意见稿》提出了一套全面的措施，旨在支持电力系统稳定并实现双碳目标。我们提出了针对其中几个条款的政策和实施建议，包括负荷侧需求响应资源、规划管理办法更新、现货市场设计和容量补偿机制。我们强调了分时电价的科学修订和公平性，并提出了关于完善资源充裕性评估和公平对待各种灵活性资源的建议。综合而言，这些措施将有助于电力部门保障供电安全、适应新能源系统技术环境的变化并促进清洁能源发展。… View Summary +