Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering: Staff Report

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission http://www.ferc.gov/legal/staff-reports/2010-dr-report.pdf [E&E News PM story by Jenny Mandel, sub. req'd] The use of smart meters in the United States nearly doubled over the last two years, according to a survey of electric utilities, while the capacity of demand response programs to reduce peak electric load increased more than 40 percent over … Continue reading »

Future Transport Fuels

European Expert Group on Future Transport Fuels, European Union http://tinyurl.com/46v87rl [From publication website] Decarbonising transport is a core theme of the EU 2020 strategy and of the common transport policy. The long-term perspective for transport in Europe has been laid out in the Commission Communication on the Future of Transport of  2009. The long-term objective … Continue reading »

BP Energy Outlook 2030

British Petroleum http://tinyurl.com/4exbh8a [From BP website] We hope that sharing this outlook contributes to the wider debate on global energy issues. It identifies long-term energy trends, building on our Statistical Review of World Energy, and then develops projections for world energy markets to 2030, taking account of the potential evolution of the world economy, policy, … Continue reading »

Creating Growth, Cutting Carbon: Making Sustainable Local Transport Happen

UK Department of Transport http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/sustainabletransport/pdf/whitepaper.pdf [From publication website] The Local Transport White Paper sets out the Government’s vision for a sustainable local transport system that supports the economy and reduces carbon emissions. It explains how the Government is placing localism at the heart of the transport agenda, taking measures to empower local authorities when it … Continue reading »

2010 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Z, Inc. http://www.ferc.gov/legal/staff-reports/2010-dr-report.pdf [Executive Summary] Advanced metering penetration and potential peak load reductions from electric power demand response have increased significantly since 2008. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s 2010 Demand Response and Advanced Metering Survey (2010 FERC Survey, covering calendar year 2009) indicates that advanced metering penetration (i.e., the fraction … Continue reading »