Consumer Advocates Are Key to Utility Regulation
Summary findings on how Consumer Advocates can positively influence utilities toward a just clean energy transition.
Utilities
From rate structures and customer engagement efforts to infrastructure investments and sourcing decisions, utilities play an important role in helping today’s buildings be more efficient. Additionally, energy efficiency provides a valuable role in meeting needs across communities by serving as a cost-effective alternate to expensive transmission and distribution upgrades as well as by improving local energy resilience. IMT connects customers—be they building owners or managers or city governments—with utilities in ways that foster more frequent and open dialogue and create partnerships that improve utility service delivery and increase efficiency investment for all involved. Our resources exploring these collaborations are below.
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Public Utilities Commissions and Consumer Advocates: Protecting the Public Interest
This miniguide describes the overlap and distinction between public utility commissions and consumer advocates and how they can strengthen relationships.
Participating in Power: Making Utility Regulation Accessible
Why utility integrated resource plans matter and how to leverage them for equitable, clean energy.
Participating in Power: How to Read and Respond to Integrated Resource Plans
To transition to a clean power economy that includes all community members, it is important to leverage utility integrated resource plans. This guide explains IRPs and how to use them as a tool for advocacy.
IMT 2020 Annual Report
One year into a decade that demands critical, widespread action, IMT’s annual report pauses to take stock of how we pushed for higher-performing buildings in 2020.
In Pursuit of Equitable Clean Energy: The Power of Coalitions for Utility Regulatory Transformation
How more stakeholder engagement in utility planning can increase equity and climate action.
Make Them an Offer They Can’t Refuse: Using Utility Franchise Agreement Negotiations to Achieve Clean Energy Goals
Utility franchise agreements offer a big opportunity for jurisdictions seeking more clean energy.
Public Utility Commissions – The Most Important Regulators You’ve Never Heard Of
Back in September, at the Just Energy Summit—a virtual conference this year, hosted by the Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE)—the session I was most excited about was the one on public utility commissions. I’m always eager to hear the ways that folks make the rather dry and esoteric topic of utility regulation both relevant and engaging, and … Continued
The Challenge Facing Gas Bans–and What Can Be Done
This blog takes a look at the challenges for gas bans and what they could mean for the transition to cleaner energy and buildings.
Stronger Together: Systemic Efficiency through Demand Management
By purposefully managing energy usage, we can better match the demand for power with the availability of clean energy