constructing new generating plants but also by influencing electricity demand. This demand-side management (DSM) process requires … electricity consumption to meet desired load objectives. An important demand-side option to achieve these load objectives is … innovative electricity pricing, both by itself and as a financial incentive for other demand-site measures. This study explores …

provide resources for the power sector, a number of initiatives designed to reduce the cost of electricity supply were … of pricing-related initiatives to development of the power sector. Besides setting prices at a level sufficient to … implemented. These pricing-related initiatives were a significant source of resources for the power sector during the 1962 …

Local, state and federal policies that jointly promote the generation of electricity from renewable technologies and … Combined Efficiency and Renewable Electricity Standard (CERES) using a case study approach for utilities in Kansas. If only … renewable energy resources, while ratepayers would favor a procurement strategy that relies on long-term renewable power …

Voluntary consumer decisions to purchase electricity supplied from renewable energy sources represent a powerful market ….S. consumers have an option to purchase some type of green power product from a retail electricity provider. This report provides … programs available nationally. Section 3 describes companies that actively market green power in competitive markets and those …

today, the PV industry will be able to penetrate a larger fraction of the electricity market if PV systems are also used in … more than wholesale electricity, it is often assumed that PV will address, with incentives, the retail market long before …This paper explores the potential of utility-scale PV power, and, specifically, the opportunity that may arise for …

petroleum, natural gas, and electricity, projected trends in the real prices for these fuels were examined. The spread in the … energy possesses several important attributes in common with electricity (e.g., ease of maintenance and perceived security of … the next few decades, while electricity prices are projected to be more stable. Electricity prices will, however, remain …

In the last five years, China's refrigerator market has grown rapidly, and now urban markets are showing signs of … previous grade classification, ease of implementation, and potential impacts on the market. In this process, CLASP, with the … of the label on China's market, CLASP further provided assistance to CNIS to collect data on both the efficiency …

/provinces with demand response (DR) in the electricity sector. Demand-side resources are often overlooked as a viable option for … the form of decreased grid congestion, improved system reliability, market efficiency, price stabilization, hedging …

The market for small wind systems in the United States, often defined as systems less than or equal to 100 kW that … produce power on the customer side of the meter, is small but growing steadily. The installed capacity of domestic small wind … systems in 2002 was reportedly 15-18 MW, though the market is estimated to be growing by as much as 40 percent annually (AWEA …