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Innovative US energy policy: a review of states' policy experiences
Author(s) -
Carley Sanya,
Browne Tyler R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: energy and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 2041-840X
pISSN - 2041-8396
DOI - 10.1002/wene.58
Subject(s) - energy policy , variety (cybernetics) , portfolio , renewable energy , economics , net metering , public economics , policy analysis , business , electricity , renewable portfolio standard , state policy , environmental economics , public policy , feed in tariff , political science , engineering , finance , public administration , economic growth , distributed generation , computer science , artificial intelligence , electrical engineering
Since the early 1990s, US energy policy has been driven by state governments. States have adopted a variety of innovative policy instruments to diversify, decarbonize, and decentralize their electricity markets. Because states are still active energy policy leaders, and are continually adopting new or revising existing policies, there is great need for continual evaluation of the effects, effectiveness, challenges, and opportunities associated with these different policy instruments. This analysis synthesizes the findings in the literature to date and provides a summary of both the policy landscapes and the effects associated with some of the leading energy policies, including the renewable portfolio standard, the energy efficiency resource standard, net metering, and interconnection standards. This article is categorized under: Energy Policy and Planning > Economics and Policy Energy and Development > Economics and Policy