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Utility DSM Programs from 1989 through 1998: Continuation or cross roads?

Hadley, S.; Hirst, E. - 2009

Over the past five years, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has been collecting data annually from U.S. electric utilities on their demand-side management (DSM) programs, both current and projected. The latest data cover activities for 1993 and projections for 1994 and 1998. In 1993,...

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Is there a future for electric-industry IRP?

Hirst, E. - 2009

Historically, regulators imposed resource-planning rules on electric utilities because of the utility`s obligation to serve. Given that obligation, regulators wanted utilities to plan for and procure a portfolio of resources that provided customers with low-cost electricity, stable prices, and a...

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The past, present, and future of U.S. utility demand-side management programs

Eto, J. - 2009

Demand-side management or DSM refers to active efforts by electric and gas utilities to modify customers` energy use patterns. The experience in the US shows that utilities, when provided with appropriate incentives, can provide a powerful stimulus to energy efficiency in the private sector....

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A framework for improving the cost-effectiveness of DSM program evaluations

Sonnenblick, R.; Eto, J. - 2009

The prudence of utility demand-side management (DSM) investments hinges on their performance, yet evaluating performance is complicated because the energy saved by DSM programs can never be observed directly but only inferred. This study frames and begins to answer the following questions: (1)...

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Balancing the scales: Data on electricity supply and demand resources

Hirst, E. - 2008

In the energy arena, the greatest data needs concern the costs and performance of demand-side management (DSM) programs, which are likely to grow in size and importance. It is difficult to assess the contributions that utility DSM programs could make to resolving national energy problems because...

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A Market Assessment of Residential Grid-Tied PV Systems in Colorado: Executive Summary

Farhar, B.; Coburn, T. - 2008

This is the Executive Summary of a report that presents research done in response to a decision by the Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Conservation and Management (OEC) and Colorado utility companies to consider making residential grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) systems available in Colorado....

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Unlocking the potential for efficiency and demand response throughadvanced metering

Levy, Roger; Herter, Karen; Wilson, John - 2008

and benefits, the new model includes qualitative and quantitative costs and benefits that accrue to both customers and …

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Hawaii demand-side management resource assessment. Final report, Reference Volume 5: The DOETRAN user`s manual; The DOE-2/DBEDT DSM forecasting model interface

2009

The DOETRAN model is a DSM database manager, developed to act as an intermediary between the whole building energy … simulation model, DOE-2, and the DBEDT DSM Forecasting Model. DOETRAN accepts output data from DOE-2 and TRANslates that into the … format required by the forecasting model. DOETRAN operates in the Windows environment and was developed using the relational …

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A scoping study on energy-efficiency market transformation by California Utility DSM Programs

Eto, J.; Prahl, R.; Schlegel, J. - 2009

Market transformation has emerged as a central policy objective for future publicly-funded energy-efficiency programs in California. California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Decision 95-12-063 calls for public funding to shift to activities designed to transform the energy-efficiency...

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Evaluation of commercial lighting programs: A DEEP assessment

Vine, E.L.; Eto, J.; Shown, L.; Sonnenblick, R.; Payne, C. - 2009

In this paper, we present key findings from a Database on Energy Efficiency Programs (DEEP) report on commercial lighting programs. In the DEEP report, which is the first in a series, we examine the measured performance of 20 utility-sponsored, demand-side management (DSM), lighting efficiency...

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