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1990

Eto, Joseph H."Internalizing Environmental Costs: A Survey of Progress in Estimating the External Environmental Costs of Electricity Production and of Market Based Policies to Incorporate Them." (1990).

Eto, Joseph H, Isaac Turiel, Hashem Akbari, Benoit Lebot, and Kristin E. Heinemeier."An Investigation of the Use of Prototypes for Commercial Sector EUI Analysis."American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy 1990 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1990).

Akbari, Hashem, Isaac Turiel, Joseph H Eto, Kristin E. Heinemeier, Benoit Lebot, and Leo I. Rainer."A Review of Existing Commercial Energy Use Intensity and Load Shape Studies."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1990).

Cohen, Samuel D., Joseph H Eto, Charles A. Goldman, John A. Beldock, and Geoffrey Crandall."Environmental externalities: What state regulators are doing."The Electricity Journal 3.6 (1990). DOI

Eto, Joseph H, Hashem Akbari, Robert G. Pratt, and Steven D. Braithwait."End-Use Load Shape Data Application, Estimation, and Collection: A State-of-the-Art Review."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1990) 30.

Eto, Joseph H, Peter M. Miller, and Howard S. Geller."The Potential for Electricity Conservation in the State of New York, USA."MUSE HT, Sophia Antipolis, June 12-13, 1990. (1990).

Cohen, Samuel D., Joseph H Eto, Charles A. Goldman, John A. Beldock, and Geoffrey Crandall."A Survey of State PUC Activities to Incorporate Environmental Externalities into Electric Utility Planning and Regulation." (1990) 110.

Hirst, Eric, Martin Schweitzer, Evelin Yourstone, and Joseph H Eto."Assessing Integrated Resource Plans Prepared by Electric Utilities." (1990).

Kahn, Edward P, Michael H. Rothkopf, Joseph H Eto, and Jean-Michel Nataf."Auctions for PURPA Purchases: A Simulation Study."Journal of Regulatory Economics 2.2 (1990). DOI

1989

Miller, Peter M., Joseph H Eto, and Howard S. Geller."The Potential for Electricity Conservation in New York State." (1989).

Anderson, Karen, Linda Berry, Joseph H Eto, Howard S. Geller, Jeffrey P. Harris, Mark D. Levine, Alan K. Meier, Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Carol Sabo, Edward L. Vine, Stephen Wiel, Cheryl Wodley, Charles A. Goldman, Eric Hirst, and Florentin Krause."Least Cost Planning in the Utility Sector: Progress and Challenges." (1989) 24.

Akbari, Hashem, Joseph H Eto, Isaac Turiel, Kristin E. Heinemeier, Benoit Lebot, Bruce Nordman, and Leo I. Rainer."Integrated Estimation of Commercial Sector End‑Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities, Final Report." (1989).

1988

Krause, Florentin, and Joseph H Eto."Least Cost Utility Planning, A Handbook for Public Utility Commissioners, Volume 2: The Demand Side: Conceptual and Methodological Issues." (1988).

Eto, Joseph H, Jonathan G. Koomey, James E. McMahon, and Edward P Kahn."Integrated Analysis of Demand-Side Programs."IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 3.4 (1988) 7. DOI

Eto, Joseph H."Least-Cost Utility Planning, A Handbook for Public Utility Commissioners Volume 1." (1988).

Eto, Joseph H, Carl Blumstein, and Michael Jaske."Changing Needs in Energy Demand Forecasting: A California Perspective."1988 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1988).

Eto, Joseph H, Jonathan G. Koomey, Peter T. Chan, and Winifred Yen-Wood."Statistical Indicators of Potential for Electric Utility Least‑Cost Planning Programs." (1988).

Eto, Joseph H, James E. McMahon, Jonathan G. Koomey, Peter T. Chan, and Mark D. Levine."The Regional Energy and Economic Impacts of the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987." (1988).

Eto, Joseph H."Program in Analysis of California Energy Consumption Data: First Year Project Results."UERG Program in Analysis of California Energy Consumption Data Report (1988).

1987

Rothkopf, Michael H., Edward P Kahn, Thomas J. Teisberg, Joseph H Eto, and Jean-Michel Nataf."Designing PURPA Power Purchase Auctions: Theory and Practice." (1987).

Kahn, Edward P, Chris Pignone, Joseph H Eto, James E. McMahon, and Mark D. Levine."The Effect of Conservation Programmes on Electric Utility Earnings: Results of Two Case Studies."Energy Policy June.3 (1987) 249-261. DOI

McMahon, James E., Joseph H Eto, Peter T. Chan, Jonathan G. Koomey, Mark D. Levine, Chris Pignone, Henry Ruderman, Baruch Lev, J. A. Bloom, A.S. Gleit, F.H. Murphy, and C. Shoemaker."The LBL Residential Energy and Hourly Demand Models."Strategic Planning in Energy and Natural Resources (1987).

Eto, Joseph H, Jonathan G. Koomey, James E. McMahon, and Edward P Kahn."Integrated Analysis of Demand‑side Programs: A Case Study of the Texas Utilities Electric Company."National Conference on Utility DSM Programs, Houston, Texas (1987).

1986

Eto, Joseph H."Utility Benefits from Targeting Demand‑side Management Programs at Specific Distribution Areas." (1986) 90.

Kahn, Edward P, Joseph H Eto, Jonathan G. Koomey, Peter T. Chan, and Mark D. Levine."Valuation of Demand-side Utility Programs."1986 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1986).