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Getting it Right on Electricity Rate Design
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What does it take to ensure equitable energy service?
What does it take to ensure equitable energy service?
New video breaks down the essential building blocks
Editor
Dec 8, 2020
Are “subscription plans” for electricity headed your way?
Are “subscription plans” for electricity headed your way?
A review of the pilot proposed by APS in Arizona
Editor
Aug 26, 2020
Highs & Lows in Utility Commission Decisions During COVID-19
Highs & Lows in Utility Commission Decisions During COVID-19
By Karl R. Rábago, Senior Policy Advisor, Pace Energy and Climate Center
Editor
Jul 21, 2020
Electricity billing & rates amid the pandemic: 10 issues to watch and work on
Electricity billing & rates amid the pandemic: 10 issues to watch and work on
In the midst of a public health crisis and economic shutdown, Americans are being hit with massive changes in nearly every aspect of life…
Editor
Apr 22, 2020
The Fifth Annual Fixed Charge Findings Blog
The Fifth Annual Fixed Charge Findings Blog
Fewer proposals in 2019 overall, but regulators approved biggest fees in years
Samantha Williams
Feb 10, 2020
Cost Allocation: New Approaches for a New Era
Cost Allocation: New Approaches for a New Era
Blog post by Jim Lazar, Paul Chernick, William Marcus and Mark LeBel of the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP). Originally published on…
Editor
Jan 9, 2020
What’s a Fair Fixed Fee for Electricity at Munis and Co-ops?
What’s a Fair Fixed Fee for Electricity at Munis and Co-ops?
Municipal electric utilities (munis) and rural electric cooperatives (co-ops) provide electricity service to about a quarter of U.S…
Editor
Oct 29, 2019
Top 10 Utility Fee Fighters
Top 10 Utility Fee Fighters
By Karl R. Rábago, Executive Director, Pace Energy and Climate Center
Editor
Jul 22, 2019
Data access matters: New Illinois study reveals six unique patterns of residential energy use
Data access matters: New Illinois study reveals six unique patterns of residential energy use
How much electricity do we use at different times of day? How does it vary across residences in a utility service area? Are there any…
Editor
Jun 6, 2019
TOU Takeaways: Perspectives on Two Colorado Time-of-Use Rates
TOU Takeaways: Perspectives on Two Colorado Time-of-Use Rates
Interviews with Fort Collins Utilities, Energy Outreach Colorado and Sandbox Solar
Editor
May 1, 2019
Reversing Energy System Inequity: Urgency and Opportunity During the Clean Energy Transition
Reversing Energy System Inequity: Urgency and Opportunity During the Clean Energy Transition
By John Howat, John T. Colgan, Wendy Gerlitz, Melanie Santiago-Mosier and Karl R. Rábago
Editor
Mar 4, 2019
Fixed Charges: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Fixed Charges: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Electric utility fixed charge hike proposals and commission decisions — 2018 results and a look at the last four years
Samantha Williams
Feb 11, 2019
Getting good data on rate designs is worth the effort
Getting good data on rate designs is worth the effort
By Diane E. Brown, Executive Director, Arizona PIRG Education Fund
Editor
Nov 13, 2018
New explainer video on utility fixed charges (and donuts)
New explainer video on utility fixed charges (and donuts)
Power companies are still asking for increases in the mandatory monthly fixed fees consumers pay on top of charges based on usage…
Editor
Nov 9, 2018
A subscription plan for electricity?
A subscription plan for electricity?
Reaction from Janine Migden-Ostrander, Briana Kobor and Marcel Hawiger
Editor
Oct 31, 2018
Massachusetts Rejects Demand Charge for Solar Customers
Massachusetts Rejects Demand Charge for Solar Customers
Massachusetts lawmakers voted this summer that non-coincident peak demand chargers are inappropriate for solar customers, overturning the…
Vote Solar
Sep 7, 2018
Utility rate design needs reform
Utility rate design needs reform
By Mark LeBel, Acadia Center
Editor
Apr 16, 2018
Big Data Could Be a Big Help in Power Sector Too
Big Data Could Be a Big Help in Power Sector Too
The Big Data revolution has reshaped the fabric of our lives. From transportation, to finance, to the very businesses that bring us the…
David Kolata
Mar 12, 2018
Is there a ‘war of attrition’ on electricity fixed charges?
Is there a ‘war of attrition’ on electricity fixed charges?
Findings from a 2017 analysis of fixed charge proposals by investor-owned utilities
Samantha Williams
Feb 13, 2018
Illinois’s NextGrid: What’s in it for Solar?
Illinois’s NextGrid: What’s in it for Solar?
Illinois is poised to lead the nation toward the grid of the future. That was the message reiterated by ICC Chairman Brien Sheahan last…
Vote Solar
Nov 13, 2017
Minnesota: Xcel Energy Proposes Step Forward in Good Rate Design
Minnesota: Xcel Energy Proposes Step Forward in Good Rate Design
On November 1, Xcel Energy filed a proposal with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to test time-of-use (TOU) rates with roughly…
Will Nissen
Nov 10, 2017
Boo! Should Duke Energy’s Shift from Electricity Rates to Mandatory Fees Scare Us?
Boo! Should Duke Energy’s Shift from Electricity Rates to Mandatory Fees Scare Us?
Duke Energy Progress is facing a tough time with its spooky request to raise customer rates by 14 percent. North Carolina’s customer…
John D. Wilson
Nov 1, 2017
Diverse Coalition Turns Back Fixed Charge Increase by Utilities in Kentucky
Diverse Coalition Turns Back Fixed Charge Increase by Utilities in Kentucky
By Casey Roberts and Matt Miller
Editor
Jul 18, 2017
Time of Use Rates: A Shared Perspective from Consumer and Clean Energy Advocates
Time of Use Rates: A Shared Perspective from Consumer and Clean Energy Advocates
Electricity Rate Design Review Paper No.2
Editor
Jul 16, 2017
Solar Advocates Develop Set of Shared Rate Design Principles
Solar Advocates Develop Set of Shared Rate Design Principles
Developed and supported by a broad coalition of energy advocates across the United States, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)…
Vote Solar
Jun 15, 2017
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