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Designing the Right RPS: A Guide to Selecting Goals and Program Options for a Renewable Portfolio Standard

March 21, 2012

This report describes RPS best practices and analyzes a wide range of options in RPS program design.

OWAP Letter to US DOI Secretary Ken Salazar Recommending OSW Ombudsman Designation

December 2, 2011

An open letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar with recommendations to facilitate offshore wind development.

Analysis of Renewable Energy Policy Options for Vermont: The SPEED Program and Renewable Portfolio Standard

October 3, 2011

Report prepared by CESA and SEA under contract with NARUC for the VT Public Service Board and the VT Legislature.

Evaluating Renewable Energy Progams: A Guide for Program Managers

June 15, 2011

This report considers program evaluation from the perspective of a program manager rather than an evaluator. It suggests how to ensure that evaluation activities are useful, cost-effective, and well-received by program staff, policymakers, and stakeholders.

State Support for Clean Energy Deployment: Lessons Learned for Potential Future Policy

April 21, 2011

This report reviews the results of state energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and the specific financial incentives and financing tools used to encourage clean energy investment. Lessons from such programs could be used to inform the future application of incentives and financing tools.

State Clean Energy Fund Support for Renewable Energy Projects: Key Findings from the 2009 CESA National Database

April 1, 2011

CESA report on renewable energy project deployment from State Renewable Energy Program activities: 2009 Annual and 1998-2009 Cumulative Results.

CESA Report: The Commerce Clause and Implications for State Renewable Portfolio Standard Programs (pdf)

March 1, 2011

This report explains the applicability and effect of the interstate commerce clause of the US Constitution on a state’s approach to the design of an RPS.

Supporting Solar Power in Renewables Portfolio Standards: Experience from the United States

October 1, 2010

This report documents the design of and early experience with state-level RPS programs in the United States that have been specifically tailored to encourage a wider diversity of renewable energy technologies, and solar energy in particular.

CESA 2010 Report: State Efforts to Advance Clean Energy

October 1, 2010

This report highlights the state program offerings and the results achieved by CESA’s members as they work to advance clean energy markets.

State Clean Energy Fund Support for Renewable Energy Projects: Key Findings from the 2008 CESA National Database

June 1, 2010

This paper summarizes the key, initial findings from CESA’s 2008 national database of state fund-supported renewable energy projects.