Policy & Regulation
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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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).
Hledik, Ryan, Akhilesh Ramakrishnan, Serena Patel, and Andrew Satchwell."Distributed Energy, Utility Scale: 30 Proven Strategies to Increase VPP Enrollment."
(2024).
Nelson, Ron, Bradley Cebulko, Thomas Van Hentenryck, Erin Mettler, and Natalie Mims Frick."A Framework for Non-Pipeline Alternatives Analysis and Review of Existing Approaches."
(2023).
Frick, Natalie Mims."Considering the time and locational value of efficiency in electricity planning."
(2023).
Wang, Zhaohua, Hao Li, Bin Zhang, Bo Wang, Hao Li, Xin Tian, Jiang Lin, and Wei Feng."Unequal residential heating burden caused by combined heat and power phase-out under climate goals."Nature Energy
(2023). DOI
Ingram, Michael, David Narang, Xiangkun Li, Caitlin Marquis, Debbie Lew, and Sydney Forrester."DER Interconnection Workshop."
(2022).
Pigman, Margaret, Natalie Mims Frick, Eric Wilson, Andrew Parker, and Elaina Present."End-Use Load Profiles for the U.S. Building Stock: Practical Guidance on Accessing and Using the Data."
(2022).
Li, Rongling, Andrew Satchwell, Donal Finn, Toke Haunstrup Christensen, Michael Kummert, Jérôme Le Dréau, Rui Amaral Lopes, Henrick Madsen, Jaume Salom, Gregor P Henze, and Kim Wittchen."Ten Questions Concerning Energy Flexibility In Buildings."Building and Environment
223 (2022). DOI
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