Going green and getting regulation right : a primer for energy efficiency

VIII, 310 S.

graph. Darst.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : why this primer -- Utility-sponsored conservation and other social mandates in the United States -- The role of utilities in conservation : regulatory details that matter -- Regulating the path to achieve successful utility-sponsored energy efficiency -- A review of utility-sponsored energy efficiency and load management activities -- Relative state-by-state comparisons over time -- Benchmarking effort and performance -- An overview of energy efficiency regulations -- The economics of utility-sponsored energy efficiency when there are externalities -- External benefits and energy efficiency -- Some quantitative evidence to analyze external benefits -- Combining data and theory -- The cost of energy efficiency and load management -- The per unit costs of energy efficiency and load management -- The per unit cost of load management -- How regulation affects the costs that customers pay for demand-side programs -- Cost-of-service regulation and demand-side management -- Why cost-of-service regulation may be given too much current weight -- California shows mandates and rate riders work : a brief history of California's energy efficiency efforts -- Mixing mandates and incentives -- How states are decoupling -- Direct financial incentives for demand response programs -- Testing the statistical significance of regulatory incentives for energy efficiency -- The statistical significance of incentives for regulatory policy targets -- Save-a-watt : a new paradigm -- Renewables and energy efficiency -- Conclusions.

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