Voluntary consumer decisions to purchase electricity supplied from renewable energy sources represent a powerful market … and in states that have introduced competition into their retail electricity markets. Today, nearly 50% of all U ….S. consumers have an option to purchase some type of green power product from a retail electricity provider. Currently, more than …

Renewable energy certificates (RECs) represent the attributes of electricity generated from renewable energy sources …. These attributes are unbundled from the physical electricity, and the two products-the attributes embodied in the … certificates and the commodity electricity-may be sold or traded separately. RECs are quickly becoming the currency of renewable …

quantifying the benefits of renewable electricity. The context is the CPUC's analysis of a 33% renewable portfolio standard (RPS … this request by developing a high-level survey of renewable electricity effects, quantification alternatives, and … provides an overview of related analytic tools. Economic effects include jobs, earnings, gross state product, and electricity …

Voluntary consumer decisions to purchase electricity supplied from renewable energy sources represent a powerful market … and in states that have introduced competition into their retail electricity markets. Today, more than 50% of all U ….S. consumers have an option to purchase some type of green power product from a retail electricity provider. This report provides …

Voluntary consumer decisions to purchase electricity supplied by renewable energy sources represent a powerful market … traditional utilities and from marketers operating in states that have introduced competition into their retail electricity … electricity provider. Currently, more than 600 utilities, or about 20% of utilities nationally, offer green power programs to …

The term green pricing refers to programs offered by utilities in traditionally regulated electricity markets, which …) market data that can be used by utilities as a benchmark for gauging the relative success of their green pricing programs …

and projected geothermal share of the energy market is discussed. The public and private sector initiatives supporting … geothermal development in California are described. These include legislation to provide economic incentives, streamline …

-specific estimates of the effects of different legislation on electricity costs. This paper presents sample results from a larger … electric power plants. The effects of these bills on electricity costs depend on features of the bills, on the mix of … generating capacity owned by different electric utilities, on the technologies available for complying with the legislation, and …

/provinces with demand response (DR) in the electricity sector. Demand-side resources are often overlooked as a viable option for … the form of decreased grid congestion, improved system reliability, market efficiency, price stabilization, hedging … against volatile fuel prices and reduced environmental impacts of energy production. This report describes the various types …

to New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) day-ahead market prices. The study was funded by the California Energy … used to judge how effectively RTP actually induces DR, particularly in the context of restructured electricity markets …)'s SC-3A rate class. The SC-3A tariff is a type of RTP that provides firm, day-ahead notice of hourly varying prices indexed …