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Charting the DSM Sales Slump

A survey of rate case methods for sales forecasting.
By Ahmad Faruqui and Eric Shultz, The Brattle Group
Demand side management has a growing effect on energy sales. Utilities are applying five methods to account for DSM in sales forecasts. A Brattle Group survey reveals those methods and their characteristics.
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Green REITs, MLPs, and Up-Cs

Tax-efficient capital vehicles for unregulated utility investments.
By David F. Levy, Sean Shimamoto, and Nickolas P. Gianou, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
As tax equity investors are moving away from renewable power facilities, political and market forces are creating the need for additional project financing. Fortunately, three non-traditional capital vehicles offer low-cost financing alternatives.
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Gasoline Spillover

Will high pump prices affect utility customer behavior at home?
By Louis Szablya, Energate
Although natural gas and electricity is cheap, skyrocketing gasoline prices provide an opening for utilities to engage customers. Knowledge is power, and with the right tools in place, utilities can be outstanding teachers.
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Connecting Before the Storm

The new language of utility communications, post-Sandy.
Thayer Fox and Patrick Buckley, Maslansky + Partners
Effective crisis communications requires laying groundwork long before the damage happens. Successful engagement calls for consistent, positive messaging when the lights are on.
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Set and Forget

Engagement and automation are expanding the role of DR.
By R. Blake Young, Comverge
The underlying premise of demand response hasn’t changed in 30 years, but the technologies and approaches to executing DR programs today are worlds away from the basic, one-way load control programs of yesteryear. Engagement and automation are changing everything.
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