Sussex Research Online: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. 2023-11-10T15:59:33Z EPrints https://sro.sussex.ac.uk/images/sitelogo.png http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/ 2015-12-02T10:07:28Z 2016-06-02T09:28:08Z http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/58118 This item is in the repository with the URL: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/58118 2015-12-02T10:07:28Z Congress got it wrong: the case for a national Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and implications for policy

Reliance on state-based action fosters uncertain regulatory environments for potential investors and creates inherent inequities between ratepayers in some states that are paying for “free riders” in others. Unlike previous studies concerning a national RPS, this note does not attempt to make the case for RPS as a particular policy mechanism, nor does it focus exclusively on the benefits of renewable energy. Rather, it compares the benefits of a federal RPS versus a patchwork of state-based RPS policies.

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