INCENTIVES & MANDATES: ENERGY UTILITY PROGRAMS

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Questions
  1. Utility EE Programs
    1. Public budget financing
    2. Decoupling
    3. Consumer surcharge
    4. Are there penalties in place for non-compliance with EE requirements?
    5. Are there "mandated regulations" for utilities to carry out energy efficiency activities?
    6. Are any of the following mechanisms available for utilities to recover costs associated with or revenue lost from mandated energy efficiency activities:
  2. Utility Consumer Pricing and Information
    1. Which of the following charges do electricity customers pay in the commercial services sector and in the industrial sector?
    2. Variable peak pricing
    3. Variable peak pricing
    4. Variable peak pricing
    5. Seasonal rate
    6. Seasonal rate
    7. Seasonal rate
    8. Residential sector
    9. Residential customers
    10. Residential customers
    11. Real-time pricing
    12. Real-time pricing
    13. Real-time pricing
    14. Reactive power (kVAr)
    15. Reactive power (kVAr)
    16. Peak-time rebates and/or time of day tariffs
    17. Peak-time rebates and/or time of day tariffs
    18. Peak-time rebates and/or time of day tariffs
    19. is there a metering mechanism in place that measures TOU within the residential, commercial services, and industrial sectors?
    20. Industrial sector
    21. Industrial sector
    22. Industrial customers
    23. Industrial customers
    24. Do customers receive a bill or report which compares them to other users in the same region and/or usage class?
    25. Do customers receive a bill or report that shows their energy usage compared to previous bills or reports over time?
    26. Demand (kW)
    27. Demand (kW)
    28. Critical peak pricing
    29. Critical peak pricing
    30. Critical peak pricing
    31. Commercial services sector
    32. Commercial services sector
    33. Commercial customers
    34. Commercial customers
    35. Are electricity tariffs cost-reflective?