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

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Abstract

This analysis is the first-ever comprehensive assessment of the benefits and impacts of state renewable portfolio standards (RPSs). This joint National Renewable Energy Laboratory-Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory project provides a retrospective analysis of RPS program benefits and impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions reductions, air pollution emission reductions, water use reductions, gross jobs and economic development impacts, wholesale electricity price reduction impacts, and natural gas price reduction impacts. Wherever possible, benefits and impacts are quantified in monetary terms. The paper will inform state policymakers, RPS program administrators, industry, and others about the costs and benefits of state RPS programs. In particular, the work seeks to inform decision-making surrounding ongoing legislative proposals to scale back, freeze, or expand existing RPS programs, as well as future discussions about increasing RPS targets or otherwise increasing renewable energy associated with Clean Power Plan compliance or other emission-reduction goals.

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1235419
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-6A20-65005
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; renewable portfolio standard; RPS; benefit; cost; greenhouse gas; reduction; jobs; wholesale electricity price

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Wiser, Ryan, Barbose, Galen, Heeter, Jenny, Mai, Trieu, Bird, Lori, Bolinger, Mark, Carpenter, Alberta, Heath, Garvin, Keyser, David, Macknick, Jordan, Mills, Andrew, and Millstein, Dev. Retrospective Analysis of the Benefits and Impacts of U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.2172/1235419.
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Wiser, Ryan, Barbose, Galen, Heeter, Jenny, Mai, Trieu, Bird, Lori, Bolinger, Mark, Carpenter, Alberta, Heath, Garvin, Keyser, David, Macknick, Jordan, Mills, Andrew, & Millstein, Dev. Retrospective Analysis of the Benefits and Impacts of U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1235419
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Wiser, Ryan, Barbose, Galen, Heeter, Jenny, Mai, Trieu, Bird, Lori, Bolinger, Mark, Carpenter, Alberta, Heath, Garvin, Keyser, David, Macknick, Jordan, Mills, Andrew, and Millstein, Dev. 2016. "Retrospective Analysis of the Benefits and Impacts of U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1235419. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1235419.
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@article{osti_1235419,
title = {Retrospective Analysis of the Benefits and Impacts of U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards},
author = {Wiser, Ryan and Barbose, Galen and Heeter, Jenny and Mai, Trieu and Bird, Lori and Bolinger, Mark and Carpenter, Alberta and Heath, Garvin and Keyser, David and Macknick, Jordan and Mills, Andrew and Millstein, Dev},
abstractNote = {This analysis is the first-ever comprehensive assessment of the benefits and impacts of state renewable portfolio standards (RPSs). This joint National Renewable Energy Laboratory-Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory project provides a retrospective analysis of RPS program benefits and impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions reductions, air pollution emission reductions, water use reductions, gross jobs and economic development impacts, wholesale electricity price reduction impacts, and natural gas price reduction impacts. Wherever possible, benefits and impacts are quantified in monetary terms. The paper will inform state policymakers, RPS program administrators, industry, and others about the costs and benefits of state RPS programs. In particular, the work seeks to inform decision-making surrounding ongoing legislative proposals to scale back, freeze, or expand existing RPS programs, as well as future discussions about increasing RPS targets or otherwise increasing renewable energy associated with Clean Power Plan compliance or other emission-reduction goals.},
doi = {10.2172/1235419},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1235419}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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