Abstract
The electric utility industry's demand-side
management programs can be analyzed from various
points of view using a standard benefit-cost
methodology. The methodology now in use by
several electric utilities and the Public Utility
Commission of Texas includes measures of
efficiency and equity. The nonparticipant test
as a measure of equity is questioned. This paper
emphasizes the futility of relying on anyone
methodology for all the answers to difficult
questions of equity. The paper concludes that
the societal test and other measures of economic
efficiency should receive emphasis in preliminary
analyses of conservation and load management
programs in the Texas electric utility industry.
Treadway, N. (1986). Electric Utility Demand-Side Evaluation Methodologies. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu). Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /93056.