Regulatory
DEFG's managing partners have testified in regulatory proceedings in four states (expert testimony on behalf of utility clients); worked for a state utility commissions for 14 years (epxert testimony in the public interest); represented technology manufacturers in state hearings on environmental regulation and access to regulated networks; and managed multi-client studies on important regulatory and policy issues.
DEFG's current emphasis is on services that are possible with the development of the smart grid. We consider pricing options, resource adequacy, demand response, energy efficiency, and value-added consumer products and services. Ongoing actvities include:
White Papers: DEFG's Series of Regulatory Choices
The Series of Regulatory Choices explores the federal, state and local regulatory decisions that expand the choices available to energy consumers. With better information and a greater array of choices, consumers can make better decisions. Regulators must have access to good information about the issues and policy choices that affect market stakeholders. The Series of Regulatory Choices provides insight into these choices.
Download a Series of Regulatory Choices white paper (PDF):
No. 4 - Utility Prepay Services and Regulatory Options (forthcoming January 2011)
DEFG’s Series of Regulatory Choices explores the federal, state and local regulatory decisions that expand the choices available to energy consumers as they construct and inhabit buildings, purchase and maintain energy-consuming devices, purchase energy, or manage their consumption of energy. Greater choice increases efficiency.
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