The National Council on Electricity Policy is pleased to release a new report, Demand Response and Smart Metering Policy Actions Since the Energy Policy Act of 2005: A Summary for State Officials.

This report represents a review of policy developments on demand response and other related areas such as smart meters and smart grid. The report focuses on State and Federal policy developments during the period from 2005 to mid-year 2008. It is an attempt to catalogue information on policy developments at both the federal and state level, both in the legislative and regulatory arenas. A special focus of the report is on State implementation of the demand response and smart metering provisions—Section 1252—of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT). Click here for the report.

In July, the National Council published, "Coordinating Interstate Electric Transmission Siting: An Introduction to the Debate" for Commissioners, staff, and other officials who are new to the transmission siting issue. This publication, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, provides government officials with an overview of State, regional, and Federal transmission siting issues; key State siting statutes; regional entities that could enable greater interstate cooperation; and recommendations to enhance the interstate transmission siting process. This publication is one of four papers dedicated to educating government officials on a range of electric transmission and distribution issues.
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