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Renewable Portfolio Standards - US EPA
EPA energy and Environment Guide to Action Renewable Portfolio Standards Policy Description and Objective Summary A Renewable Portfolio standard (RPS) requires electric utilities and other retail electric providers to supply a specified minimum percentage (or absolute amount) of customer demand with eligible sources of Renewable electricity. As of March 2015, 29 states and Washington, have established mandatory RPS requirements. An additional eight states have adopted non-binding Renewable Portfolio goals (DSIRE 2015d). In 2013, state RPS policies applied to 56 percent of all retail electricity sales (LBNL 2014). Between 1998 and 2013, 61 percent, or 46 gigawatts, of new, non-hydro42 Renewable energy capacity developed was added in states with existing or pending RPS requirements.
EPA Energy and Environment Guide to Action Renewable Portfolio Standards Policy Description and Objective Summary A renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requires electric utilities and other retail electric providers to supply a
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