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Why a Bandage Fix for Cost-Effectiveness Testing Isn't Enough

Driven by advancing technologies and by policies that are evolving to both mitigate and adapt to climate change, the energy industry is changing at a breakneck pace. On the demand side, our fundamental challenge is moving beyond siloed programs into scaled demand flexibility to achieve states’ priorities such as grid resilience, resource adequacy, and decarbonization, amidst increasing electrification. Critically, scaling distributed energy resources (DERs) to meet a host of policy goals will require that we leverage limited ratepayer dollars to cultivate as much energy efficiency (EE) and other DER investment as possible. The question is: are cost-effectiveness (CE) testing practices developed decades ago adequate to guide our industry investments today? In our experience, legacy CE practices are inhibiting both innovative program designs and commonsense best practices for putting ratepayer dollars to optimal use. Click here to read the guest blog post.>

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Updated Market Brief on FERC's 'Minimum Offer Price Rule' Order

We have updated our two-page Wholesale Market Brief on PJM’s Minimum Offer Price Rule following FERC’s December 2019 Order, succinctly explaining how an expanded MOPR will price out of PJM’s capacity market advanced energy resources – including new wind and solar developments, energy storage, energy efficiency, and demand response services – that states have policies to support. For more information on the MOPR Order and its effects on states, consumers, and advanced energy, see our blog post and recent webinar on the subject. To access the updated MOPR brief, and three other briefs on wholesale market issues, click on the button below.

 
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The 2020s and the Coming of an Advanced Energy Economy

Live on Thursday, January 23rd 2020 at 2pm EST | 11am PST

100% clean energy commitments in state after state, with wind, solar, and storage displacing traditional power plants. Electric vehicles cheaper to buy, as well as own, than gasoline- and diesel-powered ones. Distributed resources dotting the grid, making every household and business a power market player. Welcome to the 2020s, the decade when the trends that have been building over the past 10 years come to fruition. What will it mean for investment, jobs, and growth for the United States to become a true advanced energy economy? Three experts on clean energy finance lay out their scenarios for the coming decade.  

Panelists:

• Nat Kreamer, CEO, AEE
• Shayle Kann, Managing Director, Energy Impact Partners
• Pavel Molchanov, Director and Research Analyst, Raymond James & Associates
• Robert Keough, SVP of Content, AEE (Moderator)