Ratemaking and the Campaign Against Rooftop Solar
Deck: Rate design should balance consumer and investor interests.Byline: Ari PeskoeAuthor Bio: Ari Peskoe is the senior fellow in electricity law at the Harvard Environmental Policy Initiative, a...
View ArticleResponse to Mitnick Re: What Consumers Want
Deck: A response to the Editor-in-Chief column by Steve Mitnick in our May 2016 issueByline: Richard Pierce, Jr.Author Bio: Richard Pierce is Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law at George Washington...
View ArticleCompeting Perspectives on Demand Charges
Deck: Survey of consumer advocates identifies areas of agreement and disagreementByline: Ryan Hledik and Ahmad FaruquiAuthor Bio: Ryan Hledik and Ahmad Faruqui are economists with The Brattle Group....
View ArticleResponse to Cicchetti Re: Net Metering
Deck: A response to the letter to the editor by Charles Cicchetti in our April 2016 issue, which was a response to the letter to the editor by Ashley Brown in our February 2016 issue.Byline: Robert...
View ArticleRethinking Rationale for Net Metering
Deck: Quantifying Subsidy from Non-Solar to Solar CustomersByline: Barbara Alexander, Ashley Brown, and Ahmad FaruquiAuthor Bio: Barbara R. Alexander is an independent consultant who represents state...
View ArticleResidential Demand Charges: Bad Choice
Deck: Time-of-Use is a Better ReformByline: Charles CicchettiAuthor Bio: Dr. Cicchetti was Chair of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. He taught energy and environmental economics the...
View ArticleAre We Paying Too Much for Residential Solar?
Deck: Many Voters Unaware of CostsByline: By Robert BorlickAuthor Bio: Robert Borlick is an energy consultant with more than 40 years of experience related to the electric power industry. He previously...
View ArticleThe Impact of Time-of-Use Rates in Ontario
Deck: TOU Shows Tangible ResultsByline: Neil Lessem, Ahmad Faruqui, Sanem Sergici and Dean MountainAuthor Bio: Neil Lessem, Ahmad Faruqui and Sanem Sergici are economists with The Brattle Group, based...
View ArticleWhat is the Right Rate Design?
Deck: Fairness Is In the Eye of the BeholderByline: Tanuj DeoraAuthor Bio: Tanuj Deora is Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer at the Smart Electric Power Alliance. He joined SEPA in...
View ArticleIs It Finally Time to Embrace Multiyear Rate Plans?
Deck: Customers and Utilities BenefitByline: Ken CostelloAuthor Bio: Ken Costello serves as principal researcher for energy and environment at the National Regulatory Research Institute. He previously...
View ArticleOne Size Doesn't Fit All!
Deck: Offer ChoicesByline: David BooninAuthor Bio: David Boonin is president of TBG Consulting and has over forty years of experience as a public utility economist synchronizing the interests of...
View ArticleLetter: Response to Cicchetti Re: Residential Demand Charges
Deck: A response to the article by Charles Cicchetti in our December 2016 issueByline: Brent GaleAuthor Bio: Brent Gale is a Principal & Senior Energy Consultant, StrataG Consulting, Inc. Gale has...
View ArticleWhy Are We Still Arguing About NEM?
Deck: Competitive Market Will Take Care of Next Burning IssueByline: Charles CicchettiAuthor Bio: Dr. Cicchetti is a Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group. He was Chair of the Public Service...
View ArticleArizona on Value of Solar
Deck: Turning Point for Distributed EnergyByline: Briana KoborAuthor Bio: Briana Kobor is Program Director, DG Regulatory Policy, at Vote Solar. Briana specializes in utility regulation, ratemaking,...
View ArticleDynamic Pricing Works in a Hot, Humid Climate
Deck: Evidence from FloridaByline: Ahmad Faruqui, Neil Lessem, Sanem SergiciAuthor Bio: Ahmad Faruqui, Neil Lessem and Sanem Sergici are economists with The Brattle Group, based in San Francisco,...
View ArticleFinding Common Ground on TOU Rates
Deck: Consumer, Clean Energy AdvocatesByline: Rick Gilliam, John Howat and John ColganAuthor Bio: Rick Gilliam is Program Director at Vote Solar. John Howat is Senior Policy Analyst at the National...
View ArticleElectricity or Natural Gas
Deck: Which Holds the Real Price Advantage?Byline: Mark BeyerAuthor Bio: Mark C. Beyer is chief economist of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. This article expresses his views and not...
View ArticlePrice Responsive Demand
Deck: Economic ExperimentsByline: Tony ClarkAuthor Bio: Tony Clark served as a Commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 2012-2016. He is a former Chairman of the North Dakota...
View ArticleForging a Path to the Modern Grid
Deck: Energy Efficiency SolutionsByline: Natasha VidangosAuthor Bio: Natasha Vidangos is director of research at the Alliance to Save Energy, a nonprofit, bipartisan alliance of business, government,...
View ArticleRate Design 3.0
Deck: Future of Rate DesignByline: Ahmad FaruquiAuthor Bio: Ahmad Faruqui is a principal with The Brattle Group. He has worked for more than 140 clients on five continents and authored more than a...
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