EE/RE Web Sites of Interest:
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DotEarth with Andy Revkin
The Institute for Energy Efficiency
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Opower Web Site
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Department of Energy, ARRA and Energy Efficiency
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Energy Efficiency and Renewables: Market and Behavioral Failures
BerkeleyLab — February 04, 2010 — Thursday, January 28, 2010: Policies to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency have been gaining momentum throughout the world, often justified by environmental and energy security concerns. This presentation first talks about energy efficiency options, then delves into the economic motivation for energy efficiency and renewable energy policies by articulating the classes of relevant behavioral failures and market failures. Such behavioral and market failures may vary intertemporally or atemporally; the temporal structure and the extent of the failures are the critical considerations in the development of energy policies. The talk discusses key policy instruments and assess the extent to which they are well-suited to correct for failures with different structures.
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