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

Brockway, N.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Electric power industry;    Energy efficiency;    Low income groups;    Deregulation;    Cost benefit analysis;   

RP-ID  :  DE2001787474

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

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.