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DE2001787474

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Brockway, N.
Page Count	96
Abstract	As the electric industry goes through a transformation to a more market-driven model, traditional grounds for utility energy efficiency have come under fire, undermining the existing mechanisms to fund and deliver such services. The challenge, then, is to understand why the electric industry should sustain investments in helping low-income Americans use electricity efficiently, how such investments should be made, and how these policies can become part of the new electric industry structure. This report analyzes the opportunities and barriers to leveraging electric utility energy efficiency assistance to lo-w-income customers during the transition of the electric industry to greater competition.
Keywords	Electric power industry Energy efficiency Low income groups Deregulation Cost benefit analysis Competition Policies
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Oak Ridge National Lab., TN.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200204
Contract Number	AC05-00OR22725

Approaches to Electric Utility Energy Efficiency for Low Income Customers in a Changing Regulatory Environment.

Approaches to Electric Utility Energy Efficiency for Low Income Customers in a Changing Regulatory Environment.
DE2001787474

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Brockway, N.
Page Count	96
Abstract	As the electric industry goes through a transformation to a more market-driven model, traditional grounds for utility energy efficiency have come under fire, undermining the existing mechanisms to fund and deliver such services. The challenge, then, is to understand why the electric industry should sustain investments in helping low-income Americans use electricity efficiently, how such investments should be made, and how these policies can become part of the new electric industry structure. This report analyzes the opportunities and barriers to leveraging electric utility energy efficiency assistance to lo-w-income customers during the transition of the electric industry to greater competition.
Keywords	Electric power industry Energy efficiency Low income groups Deregulation Cost benefit analysis Competition Policies
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Oak Ridge National Lab., TN.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200204
Contract Number	AC05-00OR22725