Regulatory Incentives for Demand-Side Management (Series on Energy Conservation and Energy Policy)

By Michael W. Reid, David R. Wolcott, Steven M. Nadel

The current regulatory system often serves to financially reward utilities that sell more electricity and penalise those that sell less, thus discouraging energy efficiency. To address the problem, a variety of reforms have been proposed and implemented to make the least-cost plan for meeting future electricty needs the most-profit plan for the utility. This book brings together contributions by over 20 experts who are currently shaping regulatory incentives across the US. These experts analyze: leading incentive mechanisms; rationales for regulatory incentives; how incentives evolved; linkages to programme evaluation; impacts of incentives on utilities; and the future direction of incentives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0918249163
• ISBN13: 9780918249166
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Amer Council for an Energy
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"