Utility rebates for efficient motors : the outlook for demand-side management. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.

Nailen, Richard L.

1997

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Since 1987, many electric utilities throughout North America have been actively promoting demend side management(DSM), the attemp to conserve fuels and prospone costly generating capacity increases by encouraging, including motors. One popular DSM program has been utility payment of cash rebates to purchasers of more efficient motors. Today, such payments face extinction in a rapidly changing utility economic climate based on deregulation. How rebates originated, the basis for such payments, how successful rebate programs have been, and what the future holds for them are the subjectsof this paper..

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ESTADOS UNIDOS; ADMINISTRACION DE LA DEMANDA; EFICIENCIA ENERGETICA; MOTORES; CONVERSION DE LA ENERGIA; ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO; DATOS ESTADISTICOS;