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Title

  • Main Title Market barriers to energy efficiency: A critical reappraisal of the rationale for public policies to promote energy efficiency

Creator

  • Author: Golove, W.H.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Eto, J.H.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States). Energy and Environment Div.

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Place of Publication: California
    Additional Info: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

Date

  • Creation: 1996-03-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report reviews current perspectives on market barriers to energy efficiency. Ratepayer-funded utility energy-efficiency programs are likely to change in scope, size, and nature as the deregulation process proceeds; the authors research focuses on understanding to what extent some form of future intervention may be warranted and how they might judge the success of particular interventions, especially those funded by ratepayers. They find that challenges to the existence of market barriers have, for the most part, failed to provide a testable alternative explanation for evidence suggesting that there is a substantial ``efficiency gap`` between a consumer`s actual investments in energy efficiency and those that appear to be in the consumer`s own interest. They then suggest that differences of opinion about the appropriateness of public policies stem not from disputes about whether market barriers exist, but from different perceptions of the magnitude of the barriers, and the efficacy and (possibly unintended) consequences of policies designed to overcome them. They conclude that there are compelling justifications for future energy-efficiency policies. Nevertheless, in order to succeed, they must be based on a sound understanding of the market problems they seek to correct and a realistic assessment of their likely efficacy. This understanding can only emerge from detailed investigations of the current operation of individual markets.
  • Physical Description: 67 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: Economics
  • Keyword: Residential Sector
  • STI Subject Categories: 32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization
  • STI Subject Categories: 29 Energy Planning And Policy
  • Keyword: Commercial Sector
  • Keyword: Energy Efficiency
  • Keyword: Load Management

Source

  • Other Information: PBD: Mar 1996

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: DE96013119
  • Report No.: LBL--38059
  • Grant Number: AC03-76SF00098
  • DOI: 10.2172/270751
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 270751
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc665870

Note

  • Display Note: OSTI as DE96013119
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