Comparative Analysis of Three Proposed Federal Renewable Electricity Standards

Technical Report · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/953820· OSTI ID:953820

Sullivan, P; Logan, J; Bird, L; Short, W

This paper analyzes potential impacts of proposed national renewable electricity standard (RES) legislation. An RES is a mandate requiring certain electricity retailers to provide a minimum share of their electricity sales from qualifying renewable power generation. The analysis focuses on draft bills introduced individually by Senator Jeff Bingaman and Representative Edward Markey, and jointly by Representative Henry Waxman and Markey. The analysis uses NREL's Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) model to evaluate the impacts of the proposed RES requirements on the U.S. energy sector in four scenarios.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 953820
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-6A2-45877
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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