Reinventing Fire Electricity Sector Methodology

This document provides RMI's methodology for the analysis of the electricity sector in Reinventing Fire.

 

Assessing the Electric Productivity Gap and the U.S. Efficiency Opportunity

This paper explores how effectively the United States has used electricity and compares energy efficiency implementation by state. This paper analyzes state-level electric productivity to determine which states are the most productive with their electricity.

 

Industrial Electric Productivity: Myths, Barriers & Solutions

There is an enormous gap in the electric productivity of the nation. Increasing industrial electric productivity is a significant near-term opportunity that can reduce electricity costs, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of output, and increase profits. RMI believes that increasing industrial electric productivity is an untapped source of value, and is important to the longevity of industry in the United States.

 

Barriers and Breakthroughs for Multi-tenant Developments

This paper reports on the complex issues surrounding multi-tenant developments by analyzing current industry practices and the perceived hurdles associated with them. Key financial benefits of high-performance multi-tenant buildings are presented. A selection of structural solutions that distribute these financial benefits to tenants and owners so as to accelerate the adoption of high-performance building in the multi-tenant industry is provided.

 

Towering Design Flaws

This article was written in response to the summer 2003 electrical blackouts. Amory Lovins writes that the cause of these blackouts was an overcentralized power grid and inefficient pricing policies.

 

Cleaner Energy, Greener Profits: Fuel Cells as Cost-Effective Distributed Energy Resources

This paper argues for the adoption of fuel cell technology by the electric power industry. The economic benefits of distributed generation are discussed.

 

Tough Lovins

This exchange between Amory Lovins and William Tucker was published in The Weekly Standard after Tucker's earlier article in the magazine. Lovins' letters refute Tucker's claims about the causes of California's electricity crisis, the reliability of renewables, and the use of hydrogen energy systems.

A similar exchange, published in American Spectator, is also available.

 

California Electricity: Facts, Myths, and National Lessons

In this presentation to the Worldwatch Institute, Amory Lovins revisits the issue of the electricity crisis in California in the late 1990s. He presents evidence that the crisis was caused by, among other things, ineffective restructuring of electric utilities, anti-competitive practices, and spikes in natural gas prices.

 

Electricity Solutions for California

In this lecture to the Commonwealth Club, Amory Lovins discusses the causes of the electricity crisis in California in the late 1990s. Lovins argues that the electricity crisis was caused by a singularly botched restructuring in which there was competition to generate and not save, no price signal to users, and no bid competition by efficiency.

 

Energy Surprises for the 21st Century

This article provides an overview of some of the issues and innovations that are likely to alter the global energy sector in the early 21st century. According to the authors, the energy topics that will be at the forefront of national energy debate in the 21st century are energy efficiency, electricity restructuring, whole-system design for efficiency, breaking barriers, distributed utilities, Hypercars, business-oriented solutions to climate issues, the hydrogen economy, energy security, and natural capitalism.

 

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