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This briefing by RMI, authored by WattTime co-founder Gavin McCormick, argues that managing climate change requires shifting from average to marginal carbon emissions measurements for electricity. The author explains that because the grid's marginal resource changes every 5 to 15 minutes, timing and locating energy use and generation based on real-time marginal data can significantly reduce CO2 emissions without requiring new infrastructure investments.

This report assesses the financial sustainability of the electricity sector in Rajasthan, India, using the Financial Sustainability Electricity Sector (FSES) framework. It finds that while generation capacity and reliability have improved, distribution companies (discoms) face severe financial distress due to an inability to recover operating costs through tariffs, leading to high debt and a heavy reliance on state government fiscal transfers.

This executive summary introduces a report by RMI that examines the value of battery-based energy storage on the U.S. electricity grid, specifically focusing on the impact of deployment location, the potential for 'stacking' multiple services to increase value, and the regulatory barriers preventing such utilization.

The Electricity Regulations for Compulsory Norms and Standards for Reticulation Services, promulgated under the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006, establish mandatory energy efficiency and load management standards for electricity reticulation in South Africa to maintain supply quality and prevent blackouts.

This report analyzes the clean energy market for electricity generation in Chile, examining the current state of the electricity grid, investment trends, and the regulatory framework. It identifies significant potential for non-conventional renewable energy (NCRE) but highlights substantial economic, regulatory, and financial barriers that hinder large-scale adoption.

The World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development provide guidelines for quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions for projects that generate or reduce electricity consumption on power grids, serving as a supplement to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Project Accounting.

This working paper, co-written by the World Resources Institute's Electricity Governance Initiative and Prayas Energy Group, introduces a framework designed to help electricity sector stakeholders address the economic and technological complexities of scaling on-grid renewable energy at a national level.

This report by the World Resources Institute examines the growth of renewable energy and the resulting technical, institutional, and economic challenges facing decision-makers in developing countries as they transition to a future electricity grid.