The Electricity Journal 

TL;DR: In this article, the authors predict that the introduction of PHEVs could impact demand peaks, reduce reserve margins, and increase prices, and the type of power generation used to recharge the PHEV and associated emissions will depend upon the region and the timing of the recharge.

TL;DR: In this article, a significant number of R&D needs and challenges have been identified for micro-grids during two workshops, with input from more than 170 experts and practitioners representing a broad group of stakeholders.

TL;DR: Opportunities for VPPs and micro-grids will only increase dramatically with time, as the traditional system of building larger and larger centralized and polluting power plants by utilities charging a regulated rate of return fades.

TL;DR: A review of published studies indicates that customers respond to higher prices that they expect to continue by purchasing more efficient appliances and taking other efficiency measures as discussed by the authors, while providers focus on supply, assuming that consumers are unwilling or unable to modify their consumption.

TL;DR: In this paper, California's Statewide Pricing Pilot experiment showed that residential and small to medium commercial and industrial customers conclusively reduced peak-period energy use in response to time-varying prices.