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Title: | World-wide non-mandatory involvement of electricity utilities in the promotion of energy efficiency and the Portuguese experience | Authors: | Sousa, José L. Martins, António G. Jorge, Humberto M. |
Keywords: | Energy efficiency DSM Portugal | Issue Date: | 2013 | Publisher: | Elsevier | Project: | PEst-C/EEI/UI0308/2011 | Serial title, monograph or event: | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | Volume: | 22 | Abstract: | The interest in the promotion of energy efficiency by utilities at the demand-side started in the seventies caused by the high prices of oil and suffered a drastic set back during the restructuring of the electricity sector. However, growing awareness on the positive effects of energy efficiency on the economy and on the environment, led many countries/jurisdictions to impose utilities’ engagement in the promotion of energy efficiency. In other countries/jurisdictions utilities encourage their customers to improve energy efficiency, on a non-mandatory basis. In this paper, the non-mandatory involvement of electric utilities in the promotion of energy efficiency at the demand-side is addressed. Some world-wide examples are given, detailing the Portuguese experience. Although this participation is important, it seems that countries/jurisdictions with regulatory impositions obtain more satisfying results. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/80986 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.rser.2013.02.006 | Rights: | embargoedAccess |
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