Renewable Portfolio Standard Overview

Renewable Portfolio Standard Overview

File: Renewable Portfolio Standard Overview (PDF 331 KB) Download Acrobat Reader

Date: 2/1/2005

A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a requirement on electric utilities and other electric suppliers to supply a minimum percentage or amount of their load with eligible sources of renewable energy. The two-page document covers:

• The RPS Has Become Increasingly Popular
• State RPS Policies Differ: There is More Than One Way to Design an RPS
• The Most Important Lesson Learned to Date
• Design Requirements for an Effective RPS
• What is the Cost of an RPS to the Ratepayer?
• The RPS Bottom Line

This information was last updated on 3/29/2005

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