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society. In the electricity industry, the question of strategic planning for sustainability seems to conflict with the shorter … questions, a project called SESAMS (Strategic Electricity Sector Assessment Methodology under Sustainability) has been … established to develop electricity sector planning methods related to sustainability. This effort is part of the Alliance for …
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As the United States moves forward with future energy policy, it must address and resolve issues associated with a shift away from coal and toward natural gas. While natural gas offers a significant opportunity as an abundant and relatively clean fuel source, optimum development and use of this...
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Twenty states in the United States have adopted energy efficiency resource standards (EERS) that specify absolute or per¬centage reductions in energy use relative to business as usual. We examine how an EERS compares to policies oriented to meeting objectives, such as reducing greenhouse gas...
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achieve quantitative goals for reducing energy use by a certain year. EERS policies generally apply to electricity and natural … gas sales and electricity peak demand, though they also cover other energy sources in Europe. Our study aggregates … information about the requirements of existing EERS policies for electricity sales in the United States. We convert quantitative …
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in electricity demand. In response, American energy multinationals have built power plants just south of the border that … export most of their electricity to the United States. This development has stirred considerable controversy because these …
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in electricity demand. In response, American energy multinationals have built power plants just south of the border that … export most of their electricity to the United States. This development has stirred considerable controversy because these …
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To help inform pollution control policies in the Indian electricity sector we estimate the health damages associated …
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been much debate about their potential effects on electricity reliability. Only very exceptional circumstances would … trigger supply disruptions; however, the changes may affect electricity prices, the generation mix, and industry revenues …. Coincident with these new rules, expectations about natural gas prices and future electricity demand growth are changing in ways …
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electricity utility sector because of its large resource requirements and production of emissions. A number of conflicting trends … combine to make the electricity sector a major concern, even though a clear definition of how to measure progress toward … sustainability is lacking. These trends include imminent competition in the electricity industry, global climate change, expected …
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electricity generating fleet than most studies have predicted. …
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