Abstract

Faced with "needle-peak" summer loads and limited connection between wholesale market prices and retail tariffs, California has initiated a regulatory proceeding on "advanced metering, dynamic pricing, and demand response." The proceeding, jointly run by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the California Energy Commission (CEC), and the California Power Authority, has endorsed a vision to more forward with dynamic pricing tariffs and may soon decide if tariffs similar to those already in effect in the southeastern United States are appropriate for California.

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Panel 1. Energy efficiency – a strategic choice for Europe

Panel 2. Comfort and energy use in buildings

Panel 4. Building the bridge from lab to customer

Panel 3. Land use, transportation and mobility

Panel 6. Dynamics of consumption

Panel 5. Market-based instruments