Index Page numbers in italics indicate figures, tables, examples and footnotes. A Accounting issues, 80 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR), 83 Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), 292, 315 technology, 194 AEP, see American Electric Power Company Aggregation policies, 91 AIDS, see Almost Ideal Demand System Allen­Uzawa elasticities of substitution, 226 Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), 277 American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, 86­87 American Electric Power Company (AEP), 53 American Energy and Security Act (ACES) of 2009, 85­86 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act C California debacle, 291­292, 304, 314­316 electric rates in, 304 electricity crisis, 304­306 electricity demand in, 313­314 market, 307­309 structure and rules, 305­306 California Assembly Bill 1890, 304 California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), 295, 303 Cap-and-trade system, 11­12 Carbon emissions, reducing, 7­8 cost of, 10­12 optimal rate/tariff design and tax credits, 12­13 Carbon footprint, 56 Caveat, 206­207