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ABA Renewable Energy Teleconference

ABA Renewable Energy Teleconference. Meeting Expectations? An Overview of Implementation Experiences Under Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Programs November 16, 2005 Lew Milford Clean Energy Group. Clean Energy Group & Clean Energy States Alliance.

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ABA Renewable Energy Teleconference

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  1. ABA Renewable Energy Teleconference Meeting Expectations? An Overview of Implementation Experiences Under Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Programs November 16, 2005 Lew Milford Clean Energy Group

  2. Clean Energy Group & Clean Energy States Alliance CEG is a US-based, NGO that works to accelerate commercialization of clean energy technologies through: • Advocacy & Education • Funds Support • Technology Innovation • New Financial Vehicles CESA is multi-state coalition of clean energy funds, managed by CEG, working together to develop & promote clean energy technologies through: • Information Exchange & Analysis • Partnership Development • Joint Projects

  3. RPS: 21 States & DC and counting Slide courtesy of:

  4. 52 GW Renewables by 2020 Slide courtesy of:

  5. $53 Billion Estimated Investment Slide courtesy of:

  6. RPS Implementation Issues There are at least four types of implementation issues relevant to compliance and success. • Structural: internal compliance issues • Regional Markets: state v. larger markets • Design Complexity: barriers to success • Lack of coordination: can we harmonize market?

  7. 1. Structural RPS Issues • Technology Eligibility: loose or strict? • Cost cap provisions: balance of consumer cost exposure v. market power of suppliers • Technology allocations: how will set-asides be achieved; need for more attention? • Technology diversity: how well do RPS laws achieve portfolio of technologies? • Long-term contracts: many models, few solutions. • Use of ACPs: purpose and risks.

  8. 2. Regional Markets & Infrastructure • Trading barriers: are there real regional RECs markets? • RECs price instability: market fragmentation and supply • Little coordination: Balkananized market • State v. national markets: what happens if there is a national RPS?

  9. 3. Design Simplicity: Working to Scale • CA Case Study: See Wiser, et. al. August 2005 Report – “Does it have to be this Hard?...” • Anticipating Scale: wait and see from investors • Project Approvals: are project-by-project reviews consistent with scale required?

  10. 4. Lack of Coordination: RPS Implementation Working Group • New multi-party effort: CESA, NCSL, NASEO, NARUC, EPA • Participation of NGOs • Likely regional efforts • Scope: internal and cross-border problems • Consensus around barriers to regional growth • Identify possible regulatory, other solutions

  11. Contact Information Lewis Milford Clean Energy Group www.cleanegroup.org LMilford@cleanegroup.org (802) 223-2554

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