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In 2025, renewable energy reduced annual household electricity bills in Türkiye by an average of 9%, equivalent to one month of electricity. While renewables significantly lowered wholesale prices, the impact on end-users is limited by regulated tariff structures and the lack of hourly demand-side management for residential consumers.

This report by Ember examines how distributed solar energy and flexibility solutions can address the increasing electricity demand for cooling in Türkiye. It highlights the alignment between solar peak output and midday cooling peaks, the need for a comprehensive air conditioner database to improve demand forecasting, and the role of energy storage and demand-side management in maintaining grid stability.

This briefing from Energy Innovation examines the challenges and opportunities for maintaining electric grid reliability during the transition to clean energy in the United States. It defines the components of reliability—resource adequacy, operational reliability, and resilience—and argues that while the shift to inverter-based resources (IBRs) and the retirement of fossil fuel plants create risks, these can be managed through interconnection reform, demand-side solutions, and a diverse portfolio of clean energy resources.

This fact sheet by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) examines the need for harmonizing demand-side management (DSM) energy efficiency data in the United States. It argues that while DSM programs are widespread and budgets have grown to over $8 billion as of 2011, inconsistent evaluation methods and reporting practices hinder their effectiveness in climate policy-making. The document maps various policy drivers for data harmonization—ranging from integrated resource planning to the Clean Air Act—and identifies the specific decision-makers and potential climate benefits associated with creating common definitions and reporting formats.

This briefing proposes the "Deep Energy Efficiency Pays" (DEEP) program, a new demand-side management (DSM) approach designed to encourage whole-building retrofits over single-measure upgrades. By offering additional incentives for projects that meet a specific energy savings threshold, the program aims to align the interests of utilities, building owners, and energy service providers to achieve significant energy reductions and market transformation.

This case study examines a proposed $2 million motor system upgrade at the Western Oil & Gas Company refinery in Richmond, California. Despite potential energy efficiency and reliability gains, the project faced internal hurdles including high operational risks, low strategic priority, and capital constraints due to other regulatory expenditures. The document explores how the involvement of an energy services company (ESCo) and a specialized financing firm provided the technical expertise and alternative funding structures—such as performance-based financing—necessary to make the project viable.

This guide outlines three federal financing programs offered by the US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to help rural electricity providers develop commercial and residential energy efficiency loan programs, specifically focusing on on-bill financing options.