http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/04/bill-clinton-explains-utility-decoupling/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:08:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/04/bill-clinton-explains-utility-decoupling/#comment-5985 Shannon Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:01:57 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/04/bill-clinton-explains-utility-decoupling/#comment-5985 Utility decoupling through government intervention dissociates utility profits from electricity consumption; this guarantees utilities a certain level of profits per customer or other basis and frees utility companies to promote energy conservatiion rather than consumption. Utility decoupling through government intervention dissociates utility profits from electricity consumption; this guarantees utilities a certain level of profits per customer or other basis and frees utility companies to promote energy conservatiion rather than consumption.

]]> http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/04/bill-clinton-explains-utility-decoupling/#comment-5987 Joe Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:51:51 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/04/bill-clinton-explains-utility-decoupling/#comment-5987 Yes, although I wouldn't call it "government intervention" since govt set the regulations in the first place, so they are just modifying the rules to put all forms of power -- including efficiency -- on an equal footing. Yes, although I wouldn’t call it “government intervention” since govt set the regulations in the first place, so they are just modifying the rules to put all forms of power — including efficiency — on an equal footing.

]]> http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/04/bill-clinton-explains-utility-decoupling/#comment-5990 Shannon Moore Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:53:05 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/04/bill-clinton-explains-utility-decoupling/#comment-5990 Yes good point. Yes good point.

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