Going green and getting regulation right
Subtitle: a primer for energy efficiency
By: Charles J. Cicchetti.
Publisher: Public Utilies Reports
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Vienna, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780910325219
Subjects: Energy policy -- United States; Energy conservation -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why this primer; title: Utility-sponsored conservation and other social mandates in the United States; title: The role of utilities in conservation : regulatory details that matter; title: Regulating the path to achieve successful utility-sponsored energy efficiency; title: A review of utility-sponsored energy efficiency and load management activities; title: Relative state-by-state comparisons over time; title: Benchmarking effort and performance; title: An overview of energy efficiency regulations; title: The economics of utility-sponsored energy efficiency when there are externalities; title: External benefits and energy efficiency; title: Some quantitative evidence to analyze external benefits; title: Combining data and theory; title: The cost of energy efficiency and load management; title: The per unit costs of energy efficiency and load management; title: The per unit cost of load management; title: How regulation affects the costs that customers pay for demand-side programs; title: Cost-of-service regulation and demand-side management; title: Why cost-of-service regulation may be given too much current weight; title: California shows mandates and rate riders work : a brief history of California's energy efficiency efforts; title: Mixing mandates and incentives; title: How states are decoupling; title: Direct financial incentives for demand response programs; title: Testing the statistical significance of regulatory incentives for energy efficiency; title: The statistical significance of incentives for regulatory policy targets; title: Save-a-watt : a new paradigm; title: Renewables and energy efficiency; title: Conclusions.