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Is North American Manufacturing Going South? Trends in Industrial Energy Use
September 1, 2004
Some industrial sectors are being hit hard by the recent increases in natural gas prices. The total U.S. industrial electricity demand and total number of manufacturing jobs have also declined since 2000. Will these trends continue? This report looks at how utilities can help industrial facilities to ...
Content type: Research, Service Report | Document ID: IND-9 | Author: Neil Kolwey
Pursuing Energy Services Excellence
May 1, 2002
E source identified a number of well-positioned energy services companies, conducted extensive interviews throughout those organizations, interviewed customers, and identified distinct competitive strengths and business processes of leading firms. Written in the spirit of In Search of Excellence and ...
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: ER-02-09 | Author: Matthew Joyce, John Egan, Bill LeBlanc
Preventing the Next Electricity Crisis: Energy Experts Offer Their Recommendations
May 1, 2001
California’s electricity restructuring effort has gone dark, but that doesn’t mean that other states or the federal government should back away from restructuring electric or gas markets, according to a panel of energy experts who spoke at a teleconference assessing the implications of California’s ...
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: ER-01-09 | Author: John Egan, Matthew Joyce
California's Summer of Discontent
November 1, 2000
Breathtaking price volatility ruled the California wholesale electric market during the summer of 2000. Because San Diego Gas & Electric has paid off its stranded costs early, its customers were fully exposed to this volatility. And because customers of Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California ...
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: ER-00-19 | Author: John Egan
Customer Loyalty and Switching: The New Dynamics of Retail Competition
September 1, 2000
A dramatic shift is occurring in business notions of valuation—a shift that has tremendous implications for business decisions in areas ranging from marketing to accounting. Rather than focusing on the profits to be had from the sale of various goods and services, companies are developing business ...
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: SIP XIII | Author: James Newcomb and Anne Peters
Distribution Benefits Charges: Early Experiences and Issues
February 1, 1996
The use of a distribution benefits charge is being promoted by advocates of energy efficiency, endorsed by some utilities, and approved of by some regulators as a way to continue financing socially beneficial investments in energy efficiency with ratepayer funds. The concept is growing in popularity ...
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: SM-96-1 | Author: Nicholas Lenssen
Strategic Issues Paper I Air-Conditioning Comfort: Behavioral and Cultural Issues
November 1, 1992
Better understanding of what determines people's perceptions of thermal comfort under hot and/or humid conditions could lead to fundamental changes in the design and use of air-conditioning systems, reducing peak loads on electric utility systems and saving billions of dollars in investment in cooling ...
Content type: Core Report | Document ID: SIP I | Author: Amory Lovins
