World-wide non-mandatory involvement of electricity utilities in the promotion of energy efficiency and the Portuguese experience

José L. Sousa, António G. Martins and Humberto M. Jorge

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, vol. 22, issue C, 319-331

Abstract: The interest in the promotion of energy efficiency by utilities at the demand-side started in the seventies caused by the high prices of oil and suffered a drastic set back during the restructuring of the electricity sector. However, growing awareness on the positive effects of energy efficiency on the economy and on the environment, led many countries/jurisdictions to impose utilities’ engagement in the promotion of energy efficiency. In other countries/jurisdictions utilities encourage their customers to improve energy efficiency, on a non-mandatory basis. In this paper, the non-mandatory involvement of electric utilities in the promotion of energy efficiency at the demand-side is addressed. Some world-wide examples are given, detailing the Portuguese experience. Although this participation is important, it seems that countries/jurisdictions with regulatory impositions obtain more satisfying results.

Keywords: Energy efficiency; DSM; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.02.006

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