Exploiting Market-Based Mechanisms to Meet Utilities' Energy Efficiency Obligations
Electric utilities are key actors in the quest to induce large-scale energy savings among end users. But often it is not enough simply to mandate utilities to achieve a specific target. Three new market-based mechanisms are available for utilities...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19670618/exploiting-market-based-mechanisms-meet-utilities-energy-efficiency-obligations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18678 |
| Summary: | Electric utilities are key actors in
the quest to induce large-scale energy savings among end
users. But often it is not enough simply to mandate
utilities to achieve a specific target. Three new
market-based mechanisms are available for utilities to use
in promoting energy efficiency. Historically, mechanisms of
demand-side management may be classified as regulatory,
policy-based, market-based, and load-targeting. This
knowledge note is important, because electric utilities are
well-positioned to help raise energy efficiency. The three
new market-based mechanisms to help achieve this goal
include Establish a white certificates scheme establishing a
white certificates scheme, establishing energy efficiency
auctions, and establishing energy efficiency feed-in
tariffs. These new market-based models are available for
utilities to use in promoting energy efficiency, in concert
with other means of procurement. Whatever the design,
program effectiveness will depend on technically competent
and trusted verification of energy savings and their costs,
long-term commitment to maintaining the efficiency program,
and flexibility in adjusting it over time to ensure that
programs keep performing. |
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