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DSM shareholder incentives: Current designs and economic theory

Stoft, S.; Eto, J.; Kito, S. - 2009

This report reviews recent DSM shareholder incentive designs and performance at 10 US utilities identifies opportunities for regulators to improve the design of DSM shareholder incentive mechanisms to increase the procurement of cost-effective DSM resources. We develop six recommendations: (1)...

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Geothermal investment analysis with site-specific applications to Roosevelt Hot Springs and Cove Fort-Sulphurdale, Utah

Cassel, T.A.V.; Edelstein, R.H.; Blair, P.D. - 2007

The analysis and modeling of investment behavior in the development of hydrothermal electric power facilities are … reported. This investment behavior reflects a degree of sensitivity to public policy alternatives concerning taxation and … model was developed which offers an efficient means for site-specific investment analysis of private sector firms and …

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Regulatory and tax treatment of electric resources

Hadley, S.; Hirst, E. - 2008

Integrated resource Planning (IRP) focuses on providing customer energy-service needs at the lowest cost. This paper addresses the flip side of IRP, how shareholders -are when utilities build power plants with different capital and operating costs, buy power from others, or run demand-side...

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Net lost revenue from DSM: State policies that work

Baxter, L.W. - 2009

mechanisms and assess whether NLRA has changed utility investment behavior, and (3) suggest improvements to NLRA mechanisms … implementation. Observed changes in utility investment behavior occur after implementation of DSM rate reforms, which include …

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Analysis of how changed federal regulations and economic incentives affect financing of geothermal projects

Meyers, D.; Wiseman, E.; Bennett, V. - 2007

usefulness of additional investment tax credits was studied as a method for encouraging utilities to invest in geothermal energy …

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Re-powering and site recycling in a competitive environment

Taylor, A.; Kahn, E.P. - 2008

regulation, there are four other generic alternatives. These are: (1) utility investment at fixed prices with regulatory pre …-approval, (2) utility investment under competitive bidding, (3) utility leasing for private producer development, and (4) utility …

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