At the Spring 2005 CESA meeting, members agreed to pursue
a RPS Implementation project. Discussions highlighted
a growing concensus that the successful implementation
of RPS policies is critical and warrants a larger
discussion identify implementation challenges and
opportunities. RECs are a tool to achieve RPS compliance
and CESA will also be working with a concentrated
group of state clean energy fund managers, regulators
and private partners to develop private practical
strategies and tools for enhancing the effectiveness
of RECs in project finance for clean energy.
Below are some resource materials concerning RPS and
RECs.
 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, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, April 2007.The full report can be downloaded
from: http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/ems/reports/62574.pdf
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.
RPS
Implementation Collaborative presentation, Mark Sinclair,
August 1, 2006
Who
Owns Renewable Energy Credits? This April 2006
LBL report provides information and insight to
state
policy-makers,
utility regulators, and others about different
approaches to clarifying the ownership of RECs.
We focus exclusively
on three distinct areas in which REC ownership
issues have arisen:
•
Qualifying Facilities (QFs) that sell their
generation under PURPA; • Customer-owned generation
that benefits from state net metering rules; and • Generation
facilities that receive financial incentives from state
or utility funds.
Northeast
RPS Compliance Markets: An Examination of Opportunities
to Advance REC Trading. Prepared for CESA by CEEEP
- Rutgers, NJ
Clean Energy Program, and Clean
Energy Group. October 2005.
The
Experience of State Clean Energy Funds with Tradeable
Renewable Certificates. LBL
and CESA release a new report in their Case Studies
of State Support for Renewable Energy series. November,
2003.
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