Distributional Equity Analysis for Energy Efficiency and Other Distributed Energy Resources: A Practical Guide
Publication Type
Report
Date Published
03/2024
Authors
Abstract
Report is forthcoming.
The burdens of the energy system do not fall equally on all electricity and gas utility customers. The production, delivery, and consumption of electricity and gas causes disproportionate social, health, and economic costs and benefits for low-income communities, communities of color, indigenous people, and rural customers, among others.
State legislators and regulators are establishing new goals and processes to promote energy equity. With rapid changes in consumer technologies like energy-efficient heat pumps, rooftop solar and battery storage, equity goals related to distributed energy resources are increasingly important.
The report, Distributional Equity Analysis for Energy Efficiency and Other Distributed Energy Resources: A Practical Guide, describes a seven-stage framework for answering the question, How do utility investments in distributed energy resources impact priority populations? The report builds on the conceptual distributional equity analysis frameworks developed by the National Energy Screening Project and the Energy Equity Project
Year of Publication
2024
Notes
The Distribution Equity Analysis Advisory Committee is composed of organizations representing energy equity and climate justice advocates; consumer advocates, public utility commissions, state energy offices, distributed energy resource and environmental advocates, and evaluation, measurement and verification experts; and academia, national laboratories, and federal agencies. Materials from the advisory committee meetings are posted below.