Abstract

This paper reviews the prospects and opportunities for improving the efficiency and productivity of East European electric energy use. Some of the issues associated with transferring Western approaches to Eastern Europe in the area of least cost planning and demand-side management (DSM), and recommendations for improving assistance to Eastern Europe are identified.

This paper briefly reviews the state of electricity consumption in Eastern Europe, and suggests the need to re-evaluate the approach of the Western foreign aid to Eastern Europe in the area of electric energy efficiency. The approach used in the paper is a review of secondary documents summarizing North American and European approaches to energy efficiency in Eastern Europe, interviews with senior and mid-level Western and Eastern European energy experts as well as the insights and experiences of the author are relied upon to identify key issues and recommendations for providing assistance to Eastern Europe in least cost planning and DSM.

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Panel 2. Commercial Technologies and Buildings

Panel 1. Policy, Programs and Program Evaluation

Panel 4. The Energy-Environment Link

Panel 3. Human Dimensions of Energy-Use and Conservation

Panel 5. Transport