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Issue advocacy at the state level has grown in importance as members have entered a new era of state rase cases. EEI has produced an expanding program of published research to support members on key issues.

Grid Modernization

• EEI Summary of State Regulatory Smart Grid Decisions, August 2011
  A table that summarizes 76 decisions by state utility commissions in 24 states on investor-owned utility applications for approval of smart grid programs and projects. Information for each case includes decision date and docket number, approved investment amounts, stimulus funding amounts, cost recovery provisions, dynamic pricing provisions, and other key findings.
• Regulatory and Policy Issues Associated with Smart Grid Implementation , October 2010
  This report serves as a primer for understanding state and federal regulatory and policy issues raised by smart grid deployment, including issues related to technology choices, interoperability, cyber security, data collection and privacy, cost recovery, rate design, and tax policy.
• State Regulatory Update: Smart Grid Cost Recovery , October 2009
  Summary of state regulatory actions on cost recovery relating to smart grid investment.
• Deciding on "Smart" Meters: The Technology Implications of Section 1252 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
  Plexus Research, September 2006
• Responding to EPAct 2005: Looking at Smart Meters for Electricity, Time-based Rate Structures, and Net Metering
  National Economic Research Associates, May 2006
  PURPA, as amended by EPAct 2005, directs state regulators to take a new look at time-based rates, interruptible rates, standby or backup rates, and net metering. This report presents the economic principles and policy issues that a Commission needs to consider when evaluating rate options, and provides guidance to regulators on whether to adopt the proposed standards.

Efficiency Advocacy

• State Regulatory Update: Rate Impact Mitigation Measures
  Energy Policy Group, June 2010
  Summary and trend analysis of utility and state regulatory activities with respect to mitigation of customer rate increases. Includes abstracts of selected cases from 2005 to mid-2010, including actions that respond to increases resulting from expiration of rate ceilings, the need for new utility investment, and other key drivers.
• Rate Shock Mitigation
  The Brattle Group, June 2007
• Retail Electricity Pricing and Rate Design in Evolving Markets
  Christensen Associates Energy Consulting, July 2007
• Electric Utilities and Risk Compensation
  R.J. Rudden Associates, June 2006
• The Effect of Debt on the Cost of Equity in a Regulatory Setting
  The Brattle Group, January 2005
• PURPA: Making the Sequel Better than the Original
  The Brattle Group, December 2006
• Why Are Electricity Prices Increasing?
  The Brattle Group, June 2006
• Utility Supply Portfolio Diversity Requirements
  The Brattle Group, May 2007

Other EEI Collateral Materials

Brochures

• More Than 100 Ways to Improve Your Electric Bill (Updated Regularly)
  This brochure provides electric customers with quick and easy changes that can result in big energy savings.
• Rising Electricity Costs: A Challenge for Consumers, Regulators, and Utilities, May 2006
  Learn more about today's electric utility rate environment, including what's causing electricity costs to rise; what steps electric utilities are taking to help control rising prices; and how the electric utility industry is investing in America's electric future.

Presentations 

• Electricity 101 
  This presentation provides an overview of the electricity power industry (updated regularly).

Reports and Studies 

• State Regulatory Update: Renewables, June 2009 
  Summary and trend analysis of state regulatory actions on renewables for 2005-09. Includes tables on state RES mandates and state feed-in tariff policies.

• Assessing Rate Trends of U.S. Electric Utilities, Pacific Economics Group, January 2006
  This report analyzes factors affecting electricity rates, and provides a national perspective on the issue of electricity rate increases.

• EEI Typical Bills and Average Rates Report
  Biannual report that analyzes electricity costs around the country. Winter and summer editions are published in April and October.

• Out of Sight, Out of Mind? A Study on the Costs of Undergrounding Overhead Power Lines
  December 2009
  Study analyzing the costs and benefits of undergrounding power lines.

Other Member Resources

• State Regulatory Update: Renewables, June 2009 
  Summary and trend analysis of state regulatory actions on renewables for 2005-09. Includes tables on state RES mandates and state feed-in tariff policies.
• Rate Issues Identification and Trends Analysis Matrix 
  This matrix identifies important rate issues and analyzes developing trends as reflected in ratemaking decisions and other policy actions taken from the beginning of 2005 through the present.
• Power Poll 
  Quarterly public opinion research designed to help EEI members understand public opinion on major energy issues.