A Comparative Analysis of Three Proposed Federal Renewable Electricity Standards

Sullivan, Patrick¹  Logan, Jeffrey¹  Bird, Lori¹  Shor 

[1] National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

关键词: renewable portfolio standard;    RPS;    Regional Energy Deployment System model;    ReEDS;    renewable energy certificates;    RECs;    generation capacity;    National Energy Modeling System;    NEMS;    renewable electricity standard;    RES;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1219286
RP-ID  :  NREL/TP--6A2-45877
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1219286
Others  :  Other: 5257

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This paper analyzes potential impacts of proposed national renewable electricity standard (RES) legislation. An RES is a mandate requiring certain electricity retailers to provide a minimum share of their electricity sales from qualifying renewable power generation. The analysis focuses on draft bills introduced individually by Senator Jeff Bingaman and Representative Edward Markey, and jointly by Representative Henry Waxman and Markey. The analysis uses NREL's Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) model to evaluate the impacts of the proposed RES requirements on the U.S. energy sector in four scenarios.