Library

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Publications in alphabetical order. Contact webmaster to add reports, documents, and any other relevant
materials to this library of reference.

NARUC Resources Critical Infrastructure Protection Intercommission Emissaries Task Force Global Climate Change International Clean Energy Collaborative Blackout News Liquefied Natural Gas Broadband Over Powerlines Market Monitoring Clean Coal and Carbon Sequestration National Council on Electricity Policy Clean Drinking Water Activities Natural Gas Task Force Demand Response National Wind Coordinating Committee Distributed Generation Incentives to Improve Central Generation Energy and Environmental Activities Triennial Review Implementation Process Task Force Intercarrier Compensation Task Force Utility Market Access Partnership Board

Conference Proceedings

Foundations Course in Utility Regulation in Africa August 2004, Cape Town 2nd Annual Global Regulatory Network Conference and PPA/Contracts Workshop July 2004, Bamako Independent Power Producers and Power Purchase Agreements Workshop May 2004, Cape Town 1st OOCUR Annual Conference September 2003, Port of Spain 1st Annual Global Regulatory Network Conference and Southern Africa Forum June 2003, Windhoek

Tools

Acronyms Glossary of Utility Terms Units Converter Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) Library University of California Energy Institute (UCEI) Working Papers

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Art of the Rate Case
     Deloitte Services LP/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Addressing the Social Dimensions of Power Sector Reform in Developing Countries and Economies in Transition
     U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Analysis of the Relationship Between Improved Energy Sector Governance and the Attraction of Foreign Direct Investment
     U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

An Analysis of the Institutional Challenges to Commercialization and Deployment of IGCC Technology in the US Electric Industry
     Global-Change Associates

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Blackout News

US Blackout Final Report
FERC's Reliability Team
North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)

Related Articles
Highlights of the 2003 New York ISOState of the Market Report
     Potomac Economics
State Of The Market Report 2003 - FERC Briefing
     PJM Market Monitoring Unit
Report on Utility Vegetation Management
     CN Utility Consulting, LLC

Benchmarking and Regulation of Electricity Transmission and Distribution Utilities: Lessons Learned from the International Experience
     University of Cambridge, December 2000

Benchmarking Report For the Athens MoU signatory Parties and Observers
     Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER)

Best Practices in Consumer Services

Briefing Paper - Highlights of Public Utility Regulation in 2005

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Commission Organization/Issues: Functions; Managing a Regulatory Commission; Management and Staff Functions; Rules of Practice and Procedure; Stakeholder Concerns and Balancing Interests; Incentive-Based Regulation
     New York Public Service Commission

Consumer Services at the NER South Africa

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Democracy, Regulation and Public Involvement
     PA Consulting Group

District Heating:-
Typical Distric Heating System
District Heating's Share of the Residential Heating Market
Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil-based Power Production
Heat Production by Fuel, 2002 (in %)
Policy Sequencing
Economies in Transition, Heat Production, 2002
     International Energy Agency

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Electricity and Water Tariff Analysis in Rwanda
     USAID

Electricity Sector Framework for the Future, Vol. 1
Electricity Sector Framework for the Future, Vol. 2
     Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Electric Utility Deregulation and the Myths of the Energy Crisis
     Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

Energy Poverty in Serbia
     United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

G

Gas & Electricity Interdependence
     National Association of Regulatory Utitlities Commisioners

Guide to the Electric Power in Ghana
     Resource Center for Energy Economics and Regulation

I

Impacts of Severe Storms on Electric Grids
     Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC)

Implications of EPAct 2005 for State Commissions
     The National Regulatory Research Institute

Independent Incentive Mechanisms for Gas Procurement: A Status Report
     NRRI

Independent Market Monitoring of the Midwest ISO Electricity Markets
     Organization of MISO States

L

Lessons from International Experience with Electricity Market Monitoring
     Frank Wolak, University of California Energy Institute

M

Measurement Practices for Reliability and Power Quality: A Toolkit of Reliability Measurement Practices
     U.S. Department of Energy

N

Natural Gas Price Volatility: Regulatory Policies to Assure Affordable and Stable Gas Supply Prices for Residential Customers
     Barbara R. Alexander, Consumer Affairs Consultant

NARUC Electric Restructuring Database, 2000

Nexus Between Energy Sector Reform and Democracy & Governance

North American Perspective on gas Infrastructure
     J. Mark Robinson, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

P

Primer on Public Utility Regulation for New State Regulatory Commissioners
     The National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI)

Power Outages in 2003
     Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC)

R

Rate Case and Audit Manual
     National Association of Regulatory Commissioners

Regulation by Contract: A New Way to Privatize Electricity Distribution?
     The World Bank

Regulation of Heat and Electricity Produced in Combined-Heat-and-Power Plants
     The World Bank

Regulatory Fiscal Authority Around the World, Comparative Study of Regulatory Fiscal Autonomy Around the World
     Academy for Educational Development (AED)

Regulated Utilities - Reinventing The Classic Business Strategy - Opportunities and limitations of five top strategies
     Public Utilities Fortnightly, December 2005

Reliability Certification
     PA Consulting Group

Renewable Energy and the North American Free Trade Agreement: Are They Compatible?
     Scott Hempling, Attorney at Law

Rural ICT Market Opportunity Report: Cameroon
     Intelecon Research and Consultancy

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Seven Guiding Principles for Effective Electricity Market Regulation
     World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE)

Security of Electricity Supply
     Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC)

Survey of State Incentives Encouraging Improved Environmental Performance of Base-Load Electric Generation Facilities: Policy and Regulatory Initiatives
     U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Sustainable Energy Policy: The World Chooses Liberalization
     Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

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Terzic End of the Year Issue 2005
     World Bank

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World Bank/IMF Discussion Room, Papers & Links on Utility Regulation
     World Bank

What International Investors Look for When Investing in Developing Countries: Results from a Survey of International Investors in the Power Sector
     World Bank, May 2003

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