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system of laws that requires increased production of energy from renewable sources, such as wind and solar.
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Renewable Portfolio Standards are legal mandates that require utilities to procure a certain percentage or flat amount of renewable electricity or power based on their total generation. Utilities can procure the renewable energy via direct ownership or the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits, which are There are also Renewable Portfolio Goals, whi [..]
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A law, currently existing only at the state level, which requires utilities to acquire a certain amount of renewable energy, defined as a percentage of the energy that the utility provides to its retail customers. For example, Washington’s RPS requires certain utilities to use at least 3% renewable energy in the years 2012 through 2015. Instead of [..]
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Renewable Portfolio Standard. The requirement that IOUs must contract a percent of there load with renewable energy. (SOURCE: California Energy Commission, http://www.consumerenergycenter.org)
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A Renewable Portfolio Standard is a regulatory policy in the United States that requires the increased production of renewable energy sources. It places an obligation on electricity supply companies to produce a specified fraction of their electricity from renewable energy sources. Certified renewable energy generators earn certificates for every u [..]
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A state or federal level policy that requires that a minimum amount (usually a percentage) of electricity supply provided by each supply company is to come from renewable energy.  Green-e Energy does [..]
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A renewable portfolio standard is a regulation or law that requires a defined amount of energy to be delivered from renewable resources. Many states within the PJM service area have renewable portfoli [..]
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The amount of capacity required to meet the requirements of Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA), TEX. UTIL. CODE ANN. § 39.904 (Vernon 1998 & Supp. 2007) and P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.173(h).
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This is a law that requires electric utilities to produce some portion of their power from renewable sources like wind, solar, geothermal or biomass. RPSs are necessary to keep renewables competitive in an era of cheap natural gas electricity.
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