Purpose
The primary purpose of the State-Federal RPS Collaborative
is to establish a national dialogue and collaborative
among state policy leaders, the U.S. Department of
Energy, and other major RPS stakeholders to share
information and examine opportunities for multi-state
and federal cooperation in successful deployment
of RPS programs. The Collaborative is being funded
by the Energy Foundation and the U.S. DOE through the
National Renewable Energy Lab.
The Collaborative will work to identify and address
the specific challenges, lessons learned, and solutions
to ensure effective RPS implementation by states across
the country. It is anticipated that the Collaborative
will result in a set of agreements, best practices,
and program recommendations that could be used by the
states and Congress to improve RPS markets, ensure
constructive federal engagement, and fruitfully guide
states toward informed RPS design and implementation.
Despite the benefits of information sharing and collaboration
between state RPS programs, to date there has been
little discussion among states regarding how best to
capture collective opportunities and resolve inconsistencies
among state RPS policies. The purpose of this national
collaborative is to capture those opportunities.
Collaborative Objectives
The major objective of the National RPS Collaborative
is to establish and guide a comprehensive, nationally-oriented
RPS dialogue and facilitated network of state RPS
peers to discuss how states, the federal government,
and the NGO community can effectively ensure the
success of existing and new RPS policies.
The mission of the Collaborative is to:
- Provide a forum for open dialogue and information
exchange among states and stakeholders on RPS design
and implementation issues
- Identify effective RPS design and implementation
practices emerging from
experience with current RPS programs
- Foster harmonization between state RPS programs,
where appropriate and useful
- Provide input on how the federal government
can support state RPS efforts
The
dates, agendas and presentations for upcoming Collaborative
Webinars and events will
be made available on this web page.
WEBINARS
WEBINAR #1
May 20, 2008 1 pm - 3 pm EDT: Best
Practices for RPS Success
 Agenda
Overview
Presentation by Mark Sinclair, CESA
Presentation by Galen Barbose, LBNL
Presentation by Karlynn Cory, NREL
Presentation
by Steve Weisman, Peregrine Energy Group
RESOURCE DOCUMENTS
Collaborative
Invitation and Announcement Memo, April 2008,
by Mark Sinclair, CESA
Renewables
Portfolio Standards in the United States: A Status
Report with Data Through 2007, by Ryan Wiser
and Galen Barbose, LBNL, April 2008. A PowerPoint
presentation
that summarizes key findings can be found at: http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/ems/reports/lbnl-154e-ppt.pdf.
Renewable
Portfolio Standards in the States: Balancing Goals
and Implementation Strategies, by
K.S. Cory, NREL, and B.G. Swezey, Applied Matierials,
NREL/TP-670-41409,
December 2007.
The
Treatment of Renewable Energy Certificates, Emissions
Allowances,
and Green Power Programs in State Renewables
Portfolio Standards, by Ed Holt, Ed Holt &
Associates, and Ryan Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, April 2007.
A PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the
key findings can be
found at:
http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/ems/reports/62574-ppt.pdf
Weighing
the Costs and Benefits of State Renewable Portfolio
Standards: A Comparative Analysis of State-Level
Policy Impact Projections, by Cliff Chen, Ryan
Wiser and Mark Bolinger. Lawrence Berkeley National
Lab, Environmental Energy Technologies Division.
March 2007.
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