Renewables Portfolio Standards Resources

Berkeley Lab tracks and analyzes state renewables portfolio standards (RPS), in order to inform policy-makers, program administrators, and others about the design and impacts of these policies. A central element to this work is Berkeley Lab’s U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards Annual Status Update, an annual report published in slide-deck form that describes key trends, including recent legislative revisions, RPS policy design features, past and projected impacts on renewables development, compliance with interim targets, and compliance costs.

Data files associated with several elements of this report are also available for download and are updated periodically:

In addition, Berkeley Lab regularly conducts topical analyses of RPS-related issues, including several studies evaluating the costs and benefits of state RPS policies, conducted jointly with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Drawing on this varied body of work, Berkeley Lab staff routinely provide briefings on RPS policies to state policy-makers, renewable energy stakeholders, and others.

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2015

Barbose, Galen L, Lori Bird, Jenny Heeter, Francisco Flores, and Ryan H Wiser. "Costs and Benefits of Renewables Portfolio Standards in the United States." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 52 (2015) 523-533. LBNL-187516.

2014

Barbose, Galen L, Jenny Heeter, Lori Bird, Samantha Weaver, Francisco Flores-Espino, and Ryan H Wiser. "Costs and Benefits of U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards." International Associaton for Energy Economics Energy Forum Third Quarter 2014 (2014).

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Wiser, Ryan H. "Renewables Portfolio Standards: A Focus on Western States." AWEA Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop, March 2007, San Francisco, CA 2007.

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Wiser, Ryan H. "Renewables Portfolio Standards: What Are We Learning?." NARUC Winter Conference Washington, D.C. March 9, 2004 2004.

2001

Wiser, Ryan H, and Ole Langniss. The Renewables Portfolio Standard in Texas: An Early Assessment. Berkeley: LBNL, 2001. LBNL-49107.

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