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Chris Neme, Energy Futures Group and Richard Cowart

RAP: Energy Efficiency Feed-in-Tariffs: Key Policy and Design Considerations

By

Chris Neme, Energy Futures Group and Richard Cowart

Energy efficiency feed-in-tariffs (FiTs) are a potential alternative approach to striking a better balance between efficiency and energy supply markets. In a way, they are the obverse of energy savings obligations. Instead of establishing the quantity of energy savings desired and letting the market (i.e., via the obligated energy companies, or otherwise) determine the price of achieving them, they establish a price that will be paid for efficiency savings and let the market determine the quantity of savings that will be delivered. . .