Promoting effective deployment of energy efficiency and demand flexibility
Policy & Regulation
We provide guidance on policies, regulations and programs for efficiency, demand response, and demand flexibility rooted in objective research and analysis.
Policy and regulation inform, if not dictate, the types of programs utilities or third-party entities can offer to promote the deployment and operation of efficiency and demand flexibility technologies. EMP seeks to identify and address the most pressing issues facing policymakers and regulators where existing knowledge and certainty are not enough to support well-informed decisions. Recent highlights include a variety of research efforts to support regulatory and utility initiatives to promote the adoption and utilization of grid-interactive efficient buildings and demand flexibility technologies.
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Pereira, Guillermo, and Cynthia Regnier."Business Models for Scaling Demand Flexibility: Volume I – Value proposition characteristics, challenges, and lessons learned from U.S. programs."
1 (2025). DOI
Pereira, Guillermo, and Cynthia Regnier."Business Models for Scaling Demand Flexibility: Volume II – Customer relationship management strategies, challenges, and lessons learned from U.S. programs."
2 (2025). DOI
Pereira, Guillermo, and Cynthia Regnier."Business Models for Scaling Demand Flexibility: Volume III – Stakeholder ecosystem management challenges, and lessons learned from U.S. programs."
3 (2025). DOI
Pereira, Guillermo, and Cynthia Regnier."Business Models for Scaling Demand Flexibility: Volume IV - Program Life Cycle Challenges, and lessons learned from U.S. Programs ."
4 (2025). DOI
Murphy, Sean, and Cesca Miller."Challenges to retail demand response program participation in ISO New England wholesale markets: Technical assistance provided to the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners."
(2025).
Pigman, Margaret, Dev Millstein, Natalie Mims Frick, Wanya Chan, and William W Delp."Consumer Benefits of Clean Energy: Climate and health benefits from electrifying residential space and water heating."
(2024).
Frick, Natalie Mims, Sean Murphy, Dimitra Cappers, and Portia Awuah."Consumer Benefits of Clean Energy: Energy Efficiency."
(2024).
Frick, Natalie Mims, Sunhee Baik, Mark Bolinger, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Cesca Miller, Dev Millstein, Sean Murphy, Margaret Pigman, and Lisa C Schwartz."Consumer Benefits of Clean Energy: Policy Brief."
(2024).
U.S. ESCO Industry Research