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New Report Provides an Understanding of What Portfolio Management is and the Value That It Provides in Terms of Ensuring an Optimal Mix of Renewables and Energy Efficiency

Posted on: Friday, 15 February 2008, 09:00 CST

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c83060) has announced the addition of Increasing Renewables and Energy Efficiency through Portfolio Management to their offering.

The 1st Edition of Increasing Renewables and Energy Efficiency through Portfolio Management report is a 40-page overview of how Portfolio Management can be used to further the development of renewables and energy efficiency. The report provides an understanding of what Portfolio Management is the value that it provides in terms of ensuring an optimal mix of renewables and energy efficiency, and how to go about implementing it.

Deregulation has removed the integrated planning function from the utility and dispersed it to individual power producers who look only at their own operations when making decisions on investing in new resources. In addition, since there is no permanent ownership of customers, there is little incentive for electric service providers to invest in demand-side management tools like energy efficiency. Similarly, least-cost planning discourages investment in renewable energy due to its higher cost and discourages investment in energy efficiency due to the difficulty in valuing the savings. In light of the deficiencies in the current planning environment, it is clear that the electric industry would benefit from an integrated planning approach that considers both the short- and long-term and considers the risks of resource decisions. Portfolio Management is such an approach.

Increasing Renewables and Energy Efficiency through Portfolio Management aims to provide the reader with a thorough understanding of Portfolio Management and how it strengthens electric resource portfolios. It also aims to provide an understanding of the link between renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reduced risk. The report focuses specifically on the need for developing a resource planning process that can mitigate the short-term, fossil fuel-centric focus that currently exists in most of the country. It provides the information necessary for industry participants to start moving forward with developing and implementing Portfolio Management, thereby increasing the penetration of renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Topics covered in the report include:

- Overview of the current electric resource planning process

- Analysis of the impact of deregulation on resource planning

- Evaluation of how the current planning process minimizes renewables and energy efficiency

- Explanation of Portfolio Management theory and the Portfolio Effect

- Discussion of how Portfolio Management theory can be applied to electric resource planning

- Analysis of the differences between least-cost planning and portfolio management

- Identification of the benefits of using Portfolio Management for electric resource planning

- Discussion of how renewables and energy efficiency can lower risk in an electric resource portfolio

- Evaluation of Portfolio Management's impact on renewables and energy efficiency

- Overview of steps to implement Portfolio Management in resource planning

- Analysis of methods for evaluating electric resource portfolios

- Discussion of how government can oversee the use of Portfolio Management

- Review of recent government actions to encourage the inclusion of renewables and energy efficiency in planning

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introduction

Summary

Overview of Electric Resource Planning

Current Utility Resource Planning Process

The Impact of Deregulation on Planning

How Current Planning Shortchanges Renewables and Energy Efficiency

Overview of Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management Theory

Portfolio Management of Electric Resources

Comparison of Portfolio Management and Least-cost Planning

Benefits of Electric Resource Portfolio Management

Reducing Risk with Renewables and Energy Efficiency

The Role of Renewables and Energy Efficiency

Portfolio Management's Impact on Renewables and Energy Efficiency

Implementation of Portfolio Management

Developing an Efficient Electric Resource Portfolio

Methods for Evaluating Electric Resource Portfolios

The Government's Role in Portfolio Management

Making Portfolio Management A Reality

Efforts to Encourage Renewables and Energy Efficiency in Planning

Portfolio Standards for Renewables and Energy Efficiency

Glossary

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c83060

Source: Business Wire

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