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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has ordered the formation of large Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs). The RTOs are designed to handle a
variety of functions relative to the electric transmission system, including transmission operations, planning, scheduling, and investment in upgrade and additional transmission capacity. If formed, RTOs will greatly affect how emerging competitive power markets develop in the United States. They will, therefore, have a significant influence on the evolution of energy efficiency programs and markets. This paper examines the background associated with RTO formation and briefly reviews the activities of RTOs. The paper then explores several issues related to the effects of RTOs on energy efficiency programs and markets. These issues include: RTO objectives, market rules, pricing, the use of load profiles, Federal and state regulatory issues, and other factors which will affect energy efficiency under an RTO structure.

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Panels of the 2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Panel 1. Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 2. Residential Buildings: Program Design and Implementation

Panel 3. Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design and Implementation

Panel 5. Utility Issues

Panel 6. Market Transformation

Panel 7. Information and Electronic Technologies: Promises and Pitfalls

Panel 8. Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Understanding Markets and Demand

Panel 9. Energy and Environmental Policy

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