Leveraging the clean power plan to expand low-income energy efficiency programs and investments
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Government program briefing: smart metering
This document is adapted and updated from a memo delivered to the City Council of New Orleans, the office of the Mayor of New Orleans, the Chairperson of the Citizen Stakeholders Group (New Orleans Energy Task Force) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Project Officer in March 2008. This briefing piece provides an overview […]
Rental housing affordability: America’s rental housing – evolving markets and needs
After a decade of falling incomes and rising rents, unprecedented shares of renters in markets across the country pay more than half their incomes for housing. While lowest-income renters have the greatest challenge finding affordable housing, nearly half of moderate-income renters also pay more than 30 percent of their incomes. The lack of low-cost housing […]
Rate design where advanced metering infrastructure has not been fully deployed
The pricing of electricity service, or rate design, has a rich history in utility regulation and economic theory. Rate design, for purposes of this paper, pertains to the administrative determination of electricity pricing.5 As this paper and the accompanying paper on dynamic rate design reflect, rate design is a topic that is increasingly intertwined with […]
Voices of experience. Insights on smart grid customer engagement
The goal for this guide is to provide practical advice to assist you in developing your smart grid customer engagement program. Utilities that have gone through the experience of deploying smart grid technology have learned lessons and gained insights along the way – sometimes the hard way – that can be applied to new projects […]
Ameren Illinois, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) plan
Summary Ameren Illinois’ vision is to have the capability to serve all of its customers with a cost-beneficial Advanced Metering Infrastructure, serving 62% of electric customers by 2022. Installation of AMI will provide a number of benefits that will reduce cost to our customers and improve customer service. These benefits include: significant reductions in consumption […]
Affordable home energy and health: making the connections
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Unaffordable home energy bills pose a serious and increasing threat to the health and well-being of a growing number of older people in low- and moderate-income households. For many of these households, high and volatile home energy prices jeopardize the use of home heating and cooling and increase the prospect of exposure to […]
Multifamily and manufactured housing energy efficiency program
The current economic and energy crises have made the case for energy efficiency stronger than ever. Investing in energy efficiency programs now will create jobs in the near and long term and help constituents save money, all while reducing energy demand. Across the country, multifamily buildings and manufactured (mobile) homes offer a vital opportunity to […]
Mobilizing energy efficiency in the manufactured housing sector
Executive Summary Manufactured homes are an important source of affordable housing for nearly 19 million Americans, particularly low-income residents. Unfortunately, energy efficiency in manufactured homes lags behind that of site-built homes for two primary reasons: first, the HUD code, which governs energy efficiency standards manufactured homes, is outdated; and second, emphasis on low cost has […]
Rebound, technology and people: mitigating the rebound effect with energy-resource management and people-centered initiatives
ABSTRACT A recent book by Horace Herring and Steven Sorrell (Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption: The Rebound Effect) suggests that energy efficiency will not be successful in reducing energy consumption and that a reliance on energy efficiency to reduce carbon emissions may be misguided. Such claims are rooted in concerns over the rebound effect and […]
