service companies. In the initial ranking of bids, DSM projects were awarded significantly more points on price and … environmental factors compared to supply-side bids. NMPC's scoring system gave approximately twice as much weight nominally to price …

service companies. In the initial ranking of bids, DSM projects were awarded significantly more points on price and … environmental factors compared to supply-side bids. NMPC`s scoring system gave approximately twice as much weight nominally to price …

efficiency. Benefits of cost-effective energy efficiency measures can be shared explicitly among customers participating in an …; program cost recovery and the timing of incentive recovery; performance thresholds; program spending and earnings caps …

continue the examination of RFPs, but also survey the details of long term contracts that have emerged from competitive bidding …. Contracts provide a new level of specific detail that has not been previously available. 68 refs., 13 figs., 25 tabs. …

, performance and construction cost of existing power plants, cost and availability of purchased power, and the costs and … face utilities, including delays in completing power plants (proxied by cost of completing plants) and the energy and load … reductions caused by DSM programs (proxied by cost of DSM programs). The two types of resource portfolios are tested against …

, performance and construction cost of existing power plants, cost and availability of purchased power, and the costs and … face utilities, including delays in completing power plants (proxied by cost of completing plants) and the energy and load … reductions caused by DSM programs (proxied by cost of DSM programs). The two types of resource portfolios are tested against …

demand and supply resources to meet customer energy-service needs cost-effectively. Key characteristics of this planning …