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.
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.
Recent Events:
States Advancing RPS Webinar - April 7, 2009
at 2 pm EDT
Webinar #6
“Federal
RPS: Its Prospects and Implications for State RPS Programs” will
provide an overview of the three federal RPS bills
already introduced this session, an analysis of
their potential impact on existing state programs,
and a view from Capitol Hill exploring the political
dynamics, timing and eventual “flavor” of
a federal RPS. This event will be 90 minutes long.
 Agenda
Webinar
Summary
Federal
RPS Bill Comparison, Lori Bird, NREL
Modeling
the Proposed RPS Bills with ReEDS Model, Patrick
Sullivan, NREL (These slides are being updated and
will be re-posted soon.)
Federal-State
RPS Interaction in Congressional Bills, Ed Holt,
Ed Holt & Associates, Inc.
2009 Activities
Clean Energy Group offers comments on Markey Legislation
for Federal RPS. See Cover Letter and Memo (pdf).
February 10, 2009. Below are links to the
initial drafts of the Senate and House versions of
the Federal RPS bills and a side by side comparison
of the details.
Senate Bill: http://energy.senate.gov/public/_files/END09012_xml.pdf
House Bill:
http://globalwarming.house.gov/tools/3q08materials/files/0094.pdf
Comparison
of Senate and House Federal RPS Bills on Major Areas
of State-Federal Interaction (based on
draft Bingaman and Markey bills) (pdf) Feb. 12, 2009.
Recommended
Principles and Best Practices for State Renewable Portfolio
Standards, prepared by the State-Federal RPS Collaborative,
January 26, 2009.
Webinar #5
February
10, 2009 - Transmission Planning and
Meeting RPS Targets
Webinar Audio File (mp3)
Webinar
Summary
Agenda
Presentation
by Mike Jacobs, First Wind. Mike will discuss the challenges
of transmission development and cost allocation issues
in the Northeast where getting the lines sited is difficult
and generation can be several states away from load
centers.
Presentation
by Natalie McIntire, Wind on the Wires. Natalie will
discuss the ongoing planning efforts at MISO and the
MN Public Utilities Commission to build additional
transmission to move renewable energy from the Dakotas
and western MN to the Twin Cities and beyond.
Presentation
by Jess Totten, Texas Public Utilities Commission.
Jess will discuss transmission policies that have
fostered renewable energy development in Texas
and the CREZ process
to develop a transmission plan for renewable resources.
Presentation
by Dave Hurlbut, NREL. Dave will discuss the Western
Governors Association's project with US DOE to develop
conceptual transmission plans to move up to 30,000
MW of renewable energy to load centers within the Western
Interconnect.
2008 Activities
State-Federal
RPS Collaborative National Summit - Chicago, IL
- November 6-7, 2008
Summit
Announcement
Summit
Agenda
Summit
Participants List
Meeting
Summary
Goals
for the National Summit, by Mark Sinclair, Clean Energy
Group
Overview
of the Status of State RPS Efforts Nationwide - Trends
and Challenges, by Ryan Wiser, LBNL
Status
of State RPS Programs: Successes and Challenges: Findings
from a Recent Survey of RPS States,
by Steve Weisman, Peregrine Energy Group
Principles & Best Practices for RPS Success, by Mark Sinclair, Clean
Energy Group
Environmental
Tracking Network of North America, by Jan Hamrin,
ETNNA
Creating
Stronger Regional Markets: Opportunities for Interstate
Collaboration, by Lori Bird, NREL
Interstate
RPS Policy Cooperation, by Ed Holt, Ed Holt & Associates
Creating
Stronger Regional RPS Markets: Status, Challenges & Opportunities
in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States, by Paul Michaud,
CT Clean Energy Fund
Opportunities
for Collaboration on Renewable Portfolio Standards in
Western States, by Lisa Schwartz, Oregon Public Utility
Commission
Midwestern/Great
Lakes Renewable Energy Markets: Interstate RPS Collaboration,
by Tom Stanton, Michigan Renewable Energy Program
Next
Steps for the RPS Collaborative: Building a Year 2 Agenda,
by Mark Sinclair, Clean Energy Group
If
There is a Federal RPS...-A Discussion on Federal Interaction
with State RPS Programs, by Miles Keogh, NARUC
Increasing
Coordination and Uniformity among State Renewable Portfolio
Standards, report prepared for Clean Energy States
Alliance by Ed Holt, Ed Holt & Associates, Final,
November 2008.
WEBINARS in 2008
Webinar #4
September 23, 2008 at 1-3 pm EDT: STRATEGIES
TO BUILD REGIONAL MARKETS
Webinar Audio
File (mp3)
Agenda
"Interstate
RPS Policy Cooperation" presentation by Ed Holt,
Ed Holt & Associates
"Increasing
Harmonization Among State RPS Programs" Draft Report
by Ed Holt,
Ed Holt & Associates
"Briefing
on the Activities of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
States Collaborative on RPS Implementation" presentation
by Roger Clark,
TRF Sustainable Development Fund
"WGA
Regional Energy Projects" presentation by Rich Halvey,
Western Governors Association
"Environmental
Tracking Network of North America" presentation by
John Pappas, Chair, ETNNA Board of Directors
Webinar #3
July 31, 2008 at 1-3 pm EDT: FOSTERING
TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE DIVERSITY THROUGH RPS
Webinar Audio
File (mp3)
Agenda
Cover
Slide for State Speakers
Presentation
by Ryan Wiser, LBNL, State RPS Strategies to Promote
Resource Diversity
Renewable
Portfolio Standards in the United States, A Status
Report with Data Through 2007
Presentation
by Anne-Marie Cuneo, Public Utilities Commission of
Nevada, Renewable Portfolio Standards - the Nevada
Experience
Presentation
by Michael Li, Maryland Energy Administration, Advancing
Solar in Maryland
Presentation
by Steve Johnson, Washington Utilities and Transportation
Commission, The Multiple Problems of RPS Multipliers
WEBINAR #2
June 24, 2008
RPS and the Federal Role
Webinar Audio
File (mp3)
Agenda
Status
and Prospects for Federal Renewable Electricity
Standard Legislation." Presentation by Alan
Nogee, Union of Concerned Scientists
"Designing
a Federal RPS that Builds on State Programs: Principles
and Issues for Consideration." Presentation
by Dr.Ryan Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
"Federal
Role in RPS Implementation: State Views." Presentation
by Richard P. Mignogna, CO Public Utilities Commission.
"New
Jersey's Clean Energy Program: National RPS --
How Can the Feds Help?" Presentation by Michael Winka,
NJ BPU Office of Clean Energy
NARUC
RPS Statement - May 2007 by Chris Mele.
CEG
Response on Federal RPS to Dingell - June 14, 2007
WEBINAR #1
May 20, 2008
Best
Practices for RPS Success
Webinar Audio
File (mp3)
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
Recommended
Principles and Best Practices for State Renewable Portfolio
Standards, prepared by the State-Federal RPS Collaborative,
January 26, 2009.
Review
of State Renewable Portfolio Standard Programs in
the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions, prepared
for the CESA Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Collaborative
on RPS Implementation by Exeter Associates, December,
2008. This report serves to review the progress to
date of the states in the region in meeting their
RPS objectives, to identify early successes and challenges,
and to offer recommendations for future success.
CESA
State RPS Policy Report: Increasing Coordination
and Uniformity Among State Renewable Portfolio Standards,
prepared by Edward A. Holt, Ed Holt and Associates
for CESA and the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic RPS Implementation
Collaborative, December 2008. This analysis seeks
to examine and evaluate mechanism and approaches
to increase harmonization and/or coordination among
state RPS programs as well as the merits and challenges
they present.
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 Materials,
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.
Race
to the Top: The Expanding Role of U.S. State Renewable
Portfolio Standards, by Barry G. Rabe, University of
Michigan. Prepared for The Pew Center on Global Climate
Change, June 2006.
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