Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) : Background and Debate Over a National Requirement.

Describes the renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) mechanism, which requires retail electricity suppliers to provide a minimum amount of electricity from renewable energy resources, or to purchase tradable credits that represent equivalent amount of renewable energy production. Covers State RPS...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Electric power. Electric utilities. Power resources > Law and legislation. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes the renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) mechanism, which requires retail electricity suppliers to provide a minimum amount of electricity from renewable energy resources, or to purchase tradable credits that represent equivalent amount of renewable energy production. Covers State RPS action, Federal RPS legislation, and Congressional debate surrounding proposed national RPS requirement.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.