Best Practice Guide

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Funding and Approval

Lighting

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Demand Response

Commissioning

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Water Use

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RATE-BASING Return to list of terms

Refers to practice by utilities of allotting funds invested in utility Research Development Demonstration and Commercialization and other programs from ratepayers, as opposed to allocating these costs to shareholders.

Source: California Energy Commission