Volume 5 - Utility Regulation and Deregulation: Incentives, Strategies, and Policies

Do Electric-Resource Portfolio Managers Have an Inherent Conflict-of-Interest with Energy Efficiency?

Devra Bachrach, Sheryl Carter, Natural Resources Defense Council

The Rebirth of Utility DSM Programs in Nevada

Robert Balzar, Nevada Power Company; Howard Geller, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project; Jon Wellinghoff, Beckley Singleton and Western Resource Advocates

Yet Another Look at Demand-Side Bidding: Long Island Power Authority’s 75-Megawatt Efficiency RFP

Eric Belliveau, Optimal Energy, Inc.; Gary Krieger, Dan Zaweski, Long Island Power Authority; Craig McDonald, Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Developing an ESCO Industry in the European Union

Vincent Berrutto, European Commission; Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission, Directorate General JRC; Edward Vine, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Silvia Rezessy, Central European University, Environmental Sciences and Policy Department; Anees Iqbal, Maicon Associates Ltd.; Jérôme Adnot, Ecole des Mines de Paris

The California Evaluation Framework: Moving Evaluation into a Systems Approach for Planning and Conducting Energy Program Evaluations

Marian Brown, Southern California Edison Company; Lori Megdal, Megdal & Associates; Pete Jacobs, Architectural Energy Corporation; Nick Hall, Johna Roth, TecMarket Works

Energy Efficiency Administration: Many Religions, One Spiritual Experience

Chris Chouteau

Camel Chiropractics: The New South Wales Demand Management Code and Mapping Demand Management Opportunities

Chris Dunstan, Sustainable Energy Development Authority of New South Wales

Peak Demand Reduction vs. Emission Savings: When Does It Pay to Chase Emissions?

Jeff Erickson, Bryan Ward, PA Consulting Group; James Mapp, Wisconsin Department of Administration Division of Energy

Energy Efficiency in the New Generation of IRP Modeling

Lauren Miller Gage, Ken Seiden, John Chamberlin, Quantec, LLC

Does Real-Time Pricing Deliver Demand Response? A Case Study of Niagara Mohawk’s Large Customer RTP Tariff

Charles Goldman, Nicole Hopper, Osman Sezgen, Mithra Moezzi, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Bernard Neenan, Donna Pratt, Peter Cappers, Richard Boisvert, Neenan Associates

Update On California’s Approach To Energy Efficiency

Dian M. Grueneich, Jody S. London, Grueneich Resource Advocates

Four Years Experience of the Nation’s First Energy Efficiency Utility: Balancing Resource Acquisition & Market Transformation under a Performance Contract

Blair Hamilton, Efficiency Vermont/Vermont Energy Investment Corporation; Michael Dworkin, Vermont Public Service Board

The Federal Market for ESCO Services: How Does It Measure Up?

Nicole Hopper, Charles Goldman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Dave Birr, Synchronous Energy Solutions

State Public Benefits Policies for Energy Efficiency: What Have We Learned?

Martin Kushler, Dan York, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Real Time Pricing and the Real Live Firm

Mithra Moezzi, Charles Goldman, Osman Sezgen, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Nicole Hopper, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Transmission System Integrated Resource Planning: Leveling the Playing Field

Philip H. Mosenthal, Stuart A. Slote, Optimal Energy, Inc.

Detailed Analysis of the ESCO Market in Japan: Based on JAESCO Survey

Chiharu Murakoshi, Hidetoshi Nakagami, Takashi Masuda, Jyukankyo Research Institute

Shareholder Incentives for Gas DSM: Experience with One Canadian Utility

Chris Neme, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation; Kai Millyard, Kai Millyard Associates

Rewarding Successful Efficiency Investment in Three Neighboring States: The Sequel, the Re-Make and the Next Generation (in Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut)

John Plunkett, Optimal Energy, Inc.; Paul A. Horowitz, PAH Associates; Stuart A. Slote, Optimal Energy, Inc.

New California PUC Avoided Costs for Energy Efficiency Evaluation

Snuller Price, Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.; Eli Kollman, California Public Utilities Commission

National Energy Efficiency Program Best Practices Study: Overview, Sample Results and Initial Lessons Learned

Michael Rufo, Quantum Consulting, Inc.; Kenneth James, Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Jane S. Peters, Research Into Action, Inc.; Marissa Myers, Deborah Brockett, Quantum Consulting, Inc.

Electric Utility Restructuring and Its Impact on Energy Efficiency and Measurement and Evaluation: Two Unfinished Stories (California and South Korea)

Edward Vine, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Chang-Ho Rhee, Keun-Dae Lee, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute

Tapping Our Hidden Reserves: America’s Exemplary Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Programs

Dan York, Martin Kushler, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy