A Retrospective Analysis of the Benefits and Impacts of U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1334390· OSTI ID:1334390

Wiser, Ryan ^[1]; Barbose, Galen ^[1]; Heeter, Jenny ^[2]; Mai, Trieu ^[2]; Bird, Lori ^[2]; Bolinger, Mark ^[1]; Carpenter, Alberta ^[2]; Heath, Garvin ^[2]; Keyser, David ^[2]; Macknick, Jordan ^[2]; Mills, Andrew ^[1]; Millstein, Dev ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

This is the second in a series of reports exploring the costs, benefits, and other impacts of state renewable portfolio standards (RPS), both retrospectively and prospectively. This report focuses on the benefits and impacts of all state RPS programs, in aggregate, for the year 2013 (the most-recent year for which the requisite data were available). Relying on a well-vetted set of methods, the study evaluates a number of important benefits and impacts in both physical and monetary terms, where possible, and characterizes key uncertainties. The prior study in this series focused on historical RPS compliance costs, and future work will evaluate costs, benefits, and other impacts of RPS policies prospectively.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Analysis (EI-30) (Energy Analysis Corporate)
• OSTI ID: 1334390
• Report Number(s): TP-6A20-65005; 7535
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
State renewable portfolio standards
greenhouse gas emissions