Public purpose energy efficiency programs and utilities in restructured markets

Electricity Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 14-25

  King, Michael J ^a   Heffner, Grayson A ^a   Johansen, Ståle ^a   Kick, Brian ^a  

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EID: 0041321881     PISSN: 10406190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6190(96)80260-0     Document Type: Article

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1. Public purpose energy efficiency programs are publicly funded interventions in the market to promote a higher level of energy efficiency than would otherwise be realized.
2. Privatization and restructuring of the power sector has occurred throughout the U.K. However, different regulatory schemes are employed in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Regulatory consideration of utility involvement in energy efficiency within the U.K. occurred first in England and Wales, and our discussion is limited to those countries.
3. The franchise market is the market where customers do not currently have choice of their supplier; i.e., those customers with maximum demand of less than 100 kW.
4. Prior to this decision, RECs had certain responsibilities for promoting energy efficiency that were incorporated as part of their license through Standards of Performance. These requirements generally required the RECs to make information available to their customers on energy efficiency measures and practices. The new Standards of Performance are considerably more stringent than the former standards.
5. The nature of the mechanism is such that it could be interpreted as performance-based ratemaking (PBR) for DSM. If the REC can produce the energy savings for less than the amount of the levy, then it can pocket the excess cost. If, on the other hand, the savings goal cannot be achieved within the levy amount, the REC must pay for the excess out of shareholder funds.
6. The government recently broke the sole generator into two pieces.
7. California has discussed extensively a "non-bypassable" public goods charge to fund these sorts of activities. The authors have yet to see a charge which could not be bypassed.
8. Access to the billing data for all customers would constitute a significant competitive advantage in the supply business, particularly since it is unlikely that all suppliers could be given equal access to these data.
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