Designing renewable energy policies within California`s electricity restructuring process

Conference · Wed Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:355770

Wiser, R; Pickle, S; Goldman, C ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States)

Electricity restructuring may have both positive and negative impacts on the development of renewable energy. California`s recent experience with renewables policy, both at the regulatory and legislative levels, illustrates many of the issues that arise when translating general goals of supporting renewables to specific mechanisms that are workable in a restructured electricity industry. A number of the same policy options, design issues, and political conflicts that arose in California are likely to recur in other states; California`s experience therefore provides a number of important lessons. In California, debate has centered on two key policy options: a minimum renewables purchase requirement (also called a renewables portfolio standard) and a distribution surcharge-funded program. Despite important differences in these policy approaches, both will encounter a similar set of implementation issues.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 355770
• Report Number(s): CONF-970441--; ISBN 0-89553-169-0
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
CALIFORNIA
DEREGULATION
ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES