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Incentives and Rate Designs for Efficiency and Demand Response

Publication Date: March 2006
Publishing Organization: U.S. Department of Energy, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Format: PDF
Authors: Steven Braithwait, Daniel G. Hansen, Laurence D. Kirsch
Keywords:

california utilities, conceptual framework, consumer behavior, demand response, designing retail electricity rate structures, doe - lbl, economic theory of public utility pricing, incentives for energy efficiency, portfolio of products, power industry experience, pricing principles, prototype rate designs, report, smart grid, utility case study

Summary:

This report develops a conceptual framework for designing retail electricity rate structures that provide appropriate incentives for energy efficiency and Demand Response.

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This framework is in the form of a set of screens that can objectively answer fundamental questions regarding proposed new demand response (DR) designs, and provide a mechanism to increase understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of DR rate design alternatives.

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This document presents the results of work done on DR Rate Design (DRRC RON-02) in Phase I to prepare the Phase 2 research proposal.