Aligning utility incentives with investment in energy efficiency
Subtitle: a resource of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
By: U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Contributors: United States. Dept. of Energy.; United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation.; National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (U.S.)
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Energy; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Washington, DC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Energy policy -- United States.; Environmental policy -- United States.; Energy conservation -- United States -- Finance.
Description: The Report on Aligning Utility Incentives with Energy Efficiency Investment describes the financial effects on a utility of its spending on energy efficiency programs, how those effects could constitute barriers to more aggressive and sustained utility investment in energy efficiency, and how adoption of various policy mechanisms can reduce or eliminate these barriers. The Report also provides a number of examples of such mechanisms drawn from the experience of utilities and states.
Notes: "November 2007."