When It Comes to Demand Response, Is FERC Its Own Worst Enemy?

CSEM WP 191 When it comes to Demand Response, is FERC its Own Worst Enemy?

The traditional approach to demand response of paying for a customer’s electricity consumption reductions relative to an administratively set baseline is currently being advocated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as a way to foster the participation of final consumers in formal wholesale markets. Although these efforts may lead to greater participation of final consumers in tr...

When It Comes to Demand Response, Is Ferc Its Own Worst Enemy?

A major cause for many of the problems that have afflicted wholesale electricity markets is the unrealized potential for the demand-side to be a full participant. Ironically, when Fred Schweppe first envisioned an electricity market in which prices efficiently coordinated the actions of market participants, he focused on the potential for improved efficiency in power consumption, not generation...

Ageism: we are our own worst enemy.

In 1969, Butler (1969) first coined the term "ageism" to confront "prejudice by one age group toward other age groups" (pp. 243). As with other "isms," such as racism and sexism, ageism leads to bigotry and discrimination, though it is a very distinct beast in that, for the most part, other "isms" refer to those different from ourselves: distinct, mutually exclusive, and impervious groups. Conv...

When It Comes to Clethra: Roots Matter

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