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Christopher Cooper - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a national renewable portfolio standard politically correct or just plain correct
The Electricity Journal, 2008Co-Authors: Christopher CooperAbstract:It's easy to castigate state renewable portfolio standard policies as woefully inadequate. State-based RPS policies create regulatory uncertainty for investors and inherent inequities between Ratepayers. But they aren’t going anywhere any time soon. That's why federal intervention can help create a more just, diverse, and predictable national market for renewable resources without significantly increasing aggregate electricity prices.
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congress got it wrong the case for a national renewable portfolio standard rps and implications for policy
2008Co-Authors: Benjamin K Sovacool, Christopher CooperAbstract:Reliance on state-based action fosters uncertain regulatory environments for potential investors and creates inherent inequities between Ratepayers in some states that are paying for “free riders” in others. Unlike previous studies concerning a national RPS, this note does not attempt to make the case for RPS as a particular policy mechanism, nor does it focus exclusively on the benefits of renewable energy. Rather, it compares the benefits of a federal RPS versus a patchwork of state-based RPS policies.
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big is beautiful the case for federal leadership on a national renewable portfolio standard
The Electricity Journal, 2007Co-Authors: Benjamin K Sovacool, Christopher CooperAbstract:State-based renewable portfolio standards (RPS) create regulatory uncertainty for investors and inherent inequities among Ratepayers. Ultimately, federal legislation can help create a more just, diverse and predictable national market for renewable resources without significantly increasing aggregate electricity prices.
Frank A Felder - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the practical equity implications of advanced metering infrastructure
The Electricity Journal, 2010Co-Authors: Frank A FelderAbstract:Reductions in advanced metering costs and the efficiency benefits of dynamic pricing make a compelling case to adopt both, particularly for industrial and commercial facilities. Regulators should seriously consider such policies for residential households as well. Regulators can take meaningful steps to mitigate, if not entirely offset, the possibility that some low-income Ratepayers may have higher electricity bills with AM and DP.
Benjamin K Sovacool - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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congress got it wrong the case for a national renewable portfolio standard rps and implications for policy
2008Co-Authors: Benjamin K Sovacool, Christopher CooperAbstract:Reliance on state-based action fosters uncertain regulatory environments for potential investors and creates inherent inequities between Ratepayers in some states that are paying for “free riders” in others. Unlike previous studies concerning a national RPS, this note does not attempt to make the case for RPS as a particular policy mechanism, nor does it focus exclusively on the benefits of renewable energy. Rather, it compares the benefits of a federal RPS versus a patchwork of state-based RPS policies.
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big is beautiful the case for federal leadership on a national renewable portfolio standard
The Electricity Journal, 2007Co-Authors: Benjamin K Sovacool, Christopher CooperAbstract:State-based renewable portfolio standards (RPS) create regulatory uncertainty for investors and inherent inequities among Ratepayers. Ultimately, federal legislation can help create a more just, diverse and predictable national market for renewable resources without significantly increasing aggregate electricity prices.
Galen Barbose - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the impacts of net metering on utility profits and rates case studies of two prototypical utilities
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2015Co-Authors: Galen Barbose, Andy Satchwell, Andrew Mills, Ryan Wiser, Pete Cappers, Naim DarghouthAbstract:Heated debates about the impact of net metering on utility shareholders and Ratepayers have surfaced in some of the larger state solar markets and will only become more pronounced and widespread as solar costs decline and deployment accelerates. In order to inform these discussions, we performed a scoping analysis to quantify the magnitude of the financial impacts of distributed PV on utility shareholders and Ratepayers, and that assesses the potential efficacy of various options for mitigating those impacts. We quantify the impacts of customer-sited PV for two prototypical investor-owned utilities: a vertically integrated utility located in the southwest and a wires-only utility and default service supplier located in the northeast. For each utility, we model the impacts of customer-sited PV over a 20-year period, estimating changes to utility costs, revenues, average rates, and utility shareholder earnings and return-on-equity.
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the shifting landscape of Ratepayer funded energy efficiency in the u s
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2011Co-Authors: Galen BarboseAbstract:LBNL-2258E E RNEST O RLANDO L AWRENCE B ERKELEY N ATIONAL L ABORATORY The Shifting Landscape of Ratepayer- Funded Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Galen Barbose, Charles Goldman, and Jeff Schlegel Environmental Energy Technologies Division October 2009 Expanded pre-print version of article published in The Electricity Journal plus Technical Appendix This work was supported by the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE- AC02-05CH11231.
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the shifting landscape of Ratepayer funded energy efficiency in the u s
The Electricity Journal, 2009Co-Authors: Galen Barbose, Charles R Goldman, Jeff SchlegelAbstract:An unprecedented expansion of Ratepayer-funded energy efficiency is underway. Can it be done, and what are the implications for the country's broader energy goals and energy policies?
Jennifer Mersing - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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equalizing the playing field providing Ratepayer protection in non public utility ferc proceedings
The Electricity Journal, 2013Co-Authors: Jennifer MersingAbstract:The inclusion of non-public utility revenue requirements into FERC-jurisdictional RTO/ISO rates presents a difficult jurisdictional issue for FERC. Since non-public utilities in RTOs/ISOs are not subject to FERC's refund authority, FERC has developed a policy to protect FERC-jurisdictional Ratepayers by ensuring, to the maximum extent possible, that non-public utility revenue requirements and public utility revenue requirements are subject to similar refund conditions.
