Utilities
Countries can achieve substantial improvements in energy efficiency by implementing policies and programs that mandate or incentivize electric and natural gas utilities to implement energy efficiency programs for their consumers. These policies can also achieve improvements in utility generation, transmission and distribution efficiency. Such utility efficiency policies can reduce total energy expenditures and greenhouse gas emissions while fostering economic development. This page provides access to technical resources that policymakers can use to inform the design and implementation of energy efficiency policies and programs for the utility sector.
Resources CESC
Deployment Data
2009 U.S. State Clean Energy Data Book
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United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Date:
1 October 2010
Publication
A Cleaner Future for Power Stations: Interdepartmental Task Group Discussion Paper
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Australian Department of Resources
Energy and Tourism
Date:
1 November 2010
Publication
A Cleaner Future for Power Stations
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Australian Department of Resources
Energy and Tourism
Date:
1 November 2010
Deployment Data
2011 Technology Map of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan)
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European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Energy and Transport
Date:
1 January 2011
Policy Data
A Compendium of Utility-Sponsored Energy-Efficient Rebate Programs
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Electric Power Research Institute
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Consumer Energy Council of America Research Foundation
Publication
A Review of Efficiency Penalty in a Coal-Fired Power Plant with Post-Combustion CO2 Capture
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Applied Energy
Date:
1 November 2013
Publication
A Review of Alternative Rate Design: Industry Experience with Time-Based and Demand Charge Rates for Mass-Market Consumers
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Rocky Mountain Institute
Date:
1 May 2016
Deployment Data
A Resource and Technology Assessment of Coal Utilization in India
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Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Date:
1 October 2008
Publication
A Policy Framework for Designing Distributed Generation Tariffs
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Edison Electric Institute
Date:
1 December 2013
Policy Data
A Successful Case Study of Small Business Energy Efficiency and Demand Response with Communicating Thermostats
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United States Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Date:
1 August 2009
Deployment Data
A Study of Economic Impacts from the Implementation of a Renewable Portfolio Standard and an Energy Efficiency Program in Michigan
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Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
NextEnergy Center
Date:
1 April 2007
Publication
Accelerating Off-grid Renewable Energy: Key Findings and Recommendations from IOREC 2016
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IRENA
Date:
1 January 2017
Publication
Achieving Universal Electricity Access in Indonesia
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Asian Development Bank
Date:
1 March 2016
Deployment Data
Achieving Lower Energy Intensity in China: Works in Progress (Presentation)
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World Bank
Date:
10 September 2009
Deployment Data
Advancing Carbon Capture and Sequestration in China: A Global Learning Laboratory
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Date:
1 January 2011
Policy Data
Aligning Utility Interests with Energy Efficiency Objectives: A Review of Recent Efforts at Decoupling and Performance Incentives
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American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Date:
1 October 2006
Policy Data
Aligning Utility Incentives with Investment in Energy Efficiency: A Resource of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (United States)
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
Date:
1 November 2007
Publication
An Analytical Compendium of Institutional Frameworks for Energy Efficiency Implementation
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World Bank
Date:
1 October 2008