Fueling the Future: Several Ways to Use America's Fuel Options
In July 2005, the Consumer Energy Council of America
nation’s senior public policy organization focusing on energy issues in the consumer interest, commenced the Fuels and Technologies Forum (CECA Forum) to address ways to optimize the nation’s fuels and technologies to meet stationary energy needs.
Keeping the Power Flowing: Ensuring a Strong Transmission System to Support Consumer Needs For Cost-Effectiveness, Security and Reliability
The CECA Transmission Infrastructure Forum found that coordinated regional planning, consumer input in decision making, clearly established jurisdictional boundaries between federal and state regulators, and mandatory reliability standards are critical elements in ensuring that the nation’s future electricity needs are met.
Oil, Gas or ?
This six panel brochure examines the costs and energy savings of switching from oil to gas as well as insulating. Clearly written with specific numbers, this is an excellent resource for fuel comparison.
Positioning the Consumer for the Future: A Roadmap to an Optimal Electric Power System
As the culmination ofthe Electric Industry Restructuring Forum , this report demonstrates how new products and services can be offered to consumers regardless of whether states are traditionally regulated or open to retail market competition.
Oil, Gas, or ?: An Evaluation of the Economics of Fuel Switching Versus Home Energy Conservation
This is the full report that compares the cost of switching from oil to natural gas to heat a home. It also compares the cost of fuel switching to the cost of investing in energy saving.
Broadband Access Summit: Findings of the Summit
Resulting from the CECA Broadband Access Summit this report is designed to encompass all the diverse stakeholder positions and server to move the debate forward in a constructive manner without prescribing one particular access solution.
Smart Choices for Comsumers:
Best Ways Deal with High Heating Costs
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Heating Oil Comes of Age: What Low Sulfur Heating Oil Means for the Consumer
For the past 50 years, consumers of home heating oil have very little to choose from in terms of fuel products; with the advent of low sulfur heating oil, that is about to change. This report demonstrates what the introduction of low sulfur heating oil will mean for consumers.
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Micro Distributed Generation Primer
Typically the term distributed generation is applied to generators that are much larger than a consumer would purchase. This primer examines what technologies are currently available and soon to be on the market for consumers to use in their homes.
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Distributed Energy: Towards a 21st Century Infrastructure
As the final product of the DE Domestic Policy Forum, this report represents the issues surrounding DE.
Both the technologies and policy issues are examined. Included are the recommendations that were the consensus of the stakeholders of the forum about how to facilitate the effective use of DE.
Universal Service: Policy Issues for the 21st Century
As we all rely heavily upon our telecommunications network.The Universal Service Fund, administered by the FCC, ensures access to this resource for all. This report, from the CECA Universal Service Forum, looks at the evolution of this fund as a consensus of 50 stakeholders.
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Smart Choices for Consumers: Analysis of the Best Ways to Reduce Home Heating Costs
This study by the
Consumer
Energy Council of America (CECA) examines the economics of investment options available to residential consumers who are concerned about rising costs for home heating.
Differentiating Energy Sources and Carriers
As gasoline, hydrogen, ethanol, and natural gas are talked about every day in the popular press, some confusion can arise as to where our energy actually comes from. This primer clearly discusses the difference between an energy source (like oil) and an energy carrier (like hydrogen).
Fuels for the 21st Century
Why is hydrogen so special that the President is speaking about it? What is the difference between diesel fuel and home heating oil? Is there a natural gas crisis on the horizon? How many types of renewable fuels are there (and what do they mean to me)? These questions and more are answered in this section.
Oil, Gas or ?
This six panel brochure examines the costs and energy savings of switching from oil to gas as well as insulating. Clearly written
with specific numbers, this is an excellent resource for fuel comparison.
The Convergence Phenomenon: A Consumer Perspective
As networked industries grow ever more
intertwined, the policy implications increase in complexity. This report, resulting from the CECA Convergence Forum, examines these issues and provides policy recommendations resulting from the discussions of over 60 stakeholders.
