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Governing Green Power
Effects of alternative pricing structures on electricity consumption and payments in the commercial and industrial sector
Abstract: We investigate the distributional and welfare impacts when commercial and industrial (C&I) electricity end users face a dynamic pricing structure as opposed to a…
A Comparison of State-Level Carbon Reduction Strategies: A Case Study of Hawai‘i
Abstract: State-level electricity standards are proliferating and becoming more ambitious, with numerous US states adopting a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and a small but increasing…
Real-Time Pricing and the Cost of Clean Power
Solar and wind power are now cheaper than fossil fuels but are intermittent. The extra supply-side variability implies growing benefits of using real-time retail pricing…
Governing Green Power III: Refining Plans for the Electricity Grid of the Future
University of Hawai‘i at MānoaEast West Center — Pacific Room (directions and map) GGP’s goal is to hasten a fair and efficient transformation to natural…
Four Alternative Models for Regulating an Investor Owned Utility of the Future
How do you coerce a monopoly to act as if it were operating in a ruthlessly competitive industry? This is the billion-dollar question of Public…
Governing Green Power: How Should Utilities of the Future Make Money?
This report summarizes a two-day conference that addressed how future electric utilities will make money, a question provoked by advances in renewable energy and other…
A Pocket Full of PIMs
By Michael Roberts In the arcane parlance of utility regulation, PIMs are “Performance Incentive Mechanisms.” This is where we’re headed because, slightly against my expectation,…
Variable Pricing and the Cost of Renewable Energy
On a levelized-cost basis, solar and wind power generation are now competitive with fossil fuels, and still falling. But supply of these renewable resources is…
Should regulators fear bond-rating agencies?
By Michael Roberts It seems that our political and administrative leaders worry about the bond rating agencies. Their fear is understandable. The cost of capital…