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NY REV Proceeding

Utility Regulatory Design
State Public Utility Commissions, Public Utilities
A comprehensive effort to change how utilities perform system planning, what financial incentives they face, how they make use of distributed resources, including energy efficiency investments.

Report, Recovery of Utility Fixed Costs

Utility Regulatory Design
Public Utilities
Surveys traditional models of how utility fixed costs are recovered and the perverse incentives that system sends for prioritizing efficiency and savings.

New Jersey’s EERS

State Energy Efficiency Resource Standards
State Legislatures
State legislation and responsive PUC Order requires each utility to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce electricity usage by 2.15 percent and natural gas usage by 1.1 percent annually.

New Hampshire’s SB 284

State Energy Efficiency Resource Standards
State Legislatures
In 2019’s SB 284, New Hampshire established a statewide, multi-use online energy data platform, allowing consumers to monitor their energy usage and encourage energy efficient behaviors.

New York’s EERS

State Energy Efficiency Resource Standards
States and State Governments
Establishes a 2030 goal to increase energy efficiency from 2012 levels by 23%, and incorporates the governor’s previous target of 185 trillion Btus of end-use energy savings below the 2025 energy-use forecast.

Rhode Island’s EERS

State Energy Efficiency Resource Standards
States and State Governments
Establishes a Least Cost Procurement mandate, requiring utilities to acquire all cost-effective energy efficiency with input and review from the Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council. 

Massachusetts’ EERS

State Energy Efficiency Resource Standards
States and State Governments
Requires that electric and gas utilities procure all cost-effective energy efficiency, which requirements the state’s PUC administers on a three-year planning cycle.