Renewable Energy Prices in State-Level Feed-in Tariffs. Federal Law Constraints and Possible Solutions

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1219253· OSTI ID:1219253

Hempling, Scott ^[1]; Elefant, Carolyn ^[2]; Cory, Karlynn ^[3]; Porter, Kevin ^[4]

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1. National Regulatory Research Inst., Silver Spring, MD (United States)
2. Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant, Washington, DC (United States)
3. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
4. Exeter Associates, Inc., Golden, CO (United States)

This report details how state feed-in tariff (FIT) programs can be legally implemented and how they can comply with federal requirements. The report describes the federal constraints on FIT programs and identifies legal methods that are free of those constrains.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Analysis (EI-30) (Energy Analysis Corporate)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08-GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1219253
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-6A2-47408; 5224
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

feed-in tariffs
FIT
renewable electricity
renewable energy
electricity sales
electricity purchases
financing electricity generating projects
states
state legislatures
state utility commissions
state policymakers
federal law
federal statutes
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
PURPA
Federal Power Act of 1935
FPA