Renewable portfolio standards and cost-effective energy-efficiency investment

A. Mahone, C. K. Woo*, J. Williams, I. Horowitz

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) and mandates to invest in cost-effective energy efficiency (EE) are increasingly popular policy tools to combat climate change and dependence on fossil fuels. These supply-side and demand-side policies, however, are often uncoordinated. Using California as a case in point, this paper demonstrates that states could improve resource allocation if these two policies were coordinated by incorporating renewable-energy procurement cost into the cost-effectiveness determination for EE investment. In particular, if renewable energy is relatively expensive when compared to conventional energy, increasing the RPS target raises the cost-effective level of EE investment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)774-777
Number of pages4
JournalEnergy Policy
Volume37
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2009

Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Energy
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

User-Defined Keywords

  • Electricity
  • Energy efficiency
  • RPS

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