DSM accomplishments in California: PG&E's experience

Elsia O. Galawish

Renewable Energy, 1996, vol. 9, issue 1, 1295-1298

Abstract: The recent demand-side management (DSM) emphasis and, more specifically, the advent of utility shareholder incentive/penalty mechanisms for utility's performance in implementing DSM programs has increased the importance of DSM programs to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Company. Over the period 1990–1995, PG&E's expenditures on DSM programs and evaluation of these programs accounted for half of all DSM funds expended by the four largest California investor-owned utilities. Because the energy and capacity savings are intended to offset supply-side resources in the long run, it is important to ascertain the extent to which these savings can be relied on over time. This paper shares PG&E's DSM experiences gained from the operational and measurement trenches in residential and nonresidential energy-efficiency activities and looks at the future of DSM.

Keywords: Demand-side management; energy efficiency; shareholder incentive/penalty mechanisms; performance adder; measurement & evaluation; protocols (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88514-4

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