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Existing research on their effectiveness has either employed a cross-sectional approach or has ignored heterogeneity among RPS policies. In this paper, we introduce a new measure for the stringency of an RPS that explicitly accounts for some RPS design features that may have a significant impact on the strength of an RPS. We also investigate the impacts of renewable portfolio standards on in-state renewable electricity development using panel data and our new measure of RPS stringency, and compare the results with those when alternative measures are used. Using our new measure, the results suggest that RPS policies have had a significant and positive effect on in-state renewable energy development, a finding which is masked when design differences among RPS policies are ignored. We also find that another important design feature – allowing “free trade” of REC’s – can significantly weaken the impact of an RPS. These results should prove instructive to policy makers, whether considering the development of a federal-level RPS or the development or redesign of a state-level RPS.", "publicationTitle": "Energy Policy", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "February 2010", "volume": "38", "issue": "2", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "1140-1149", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Energy Policy", "DOI": "10.1016/j.enpol.2009.10.067", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421509008283", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T15:09:11Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0301-4215", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Policy design", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable energy", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable portfolio standards", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T15:09:11Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T15:09:11Z" } }, { "key": "MI7SU2FI", "version": 120, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/MI7SU2FI", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/MI7SU2FI", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Fischlein et al.", "parsedDate": "2010-08", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "MI7SU2FI", "version": 120, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Policy stakeholders and deployment of wind power in the sub-national context: A comparison of four U.S. states", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Miriam", "lastName": "Fischlein" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Joel", "lastName": "Larson" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Damon M.", "lastName": "Hall" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Rumika", "lastName": "Chaudhry" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Tarla", "lastName": "Rai Peterson" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Jennie C.", "lastName": "Stephens" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Elizabeth J.", "lastName": "Wilson" } ], "abstractNote": "As climate change mitigation gains attention in the United States, low-carbon energy technologies such as wind power encounter both opportunities and barriers en route to deployment. This paper provides a state-level context for examining wind power deployment and presents research on how policy stakeholders perceive wind energy in four states: Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, and Texas. Through semi-structured interviews, state-level energy policy stakeholders were asked to explain their perceptions of wind energy technology within their state. Interview texts were coded to assess how various drivers promote or hinder the deployment of wind power in sub-national contexts. Responses were dominated by technical, political, and economic frames in all four states, but were often driven by a very different rationale. Environmental, aesthetic, and health/safety frames appeared less often in the discourse. This analysis demonstrates that each state arrived at its current level of deployment via very different political, economic, and technical paths. In addition to helping explain why and how wind technology was – or was not – deployed in each of these states, these findings provide insight into the diversity of sub-national dialogues on deployment of low-carbon energy technologies.", "publicationTitle": "Energy Policy", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "August 2010", "volume": "38", "issue": "8", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "4429-4439", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Energy Policy", "DOI": "10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.073", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421510002636", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T14:52:37Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0301-4215", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "Policy stakeholders and deployment of wind power in the sub-national context", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Renewable energy", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "State policy", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Technology diffusion", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:52:37Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:52:37Z" } }, { "key": "MX52HSB3", "version": 119, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/MX52HSB3", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/MX52HSB3", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Abt et al.", "parsedDate": "2010-12", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "MX52HSB3", "version": 119, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Effect of policy-based bioenergy demand on southern timber markets: A case study of North Carolina", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Robert C.", "lastName": "Abt" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Karen L.", "lastName": "Abt" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Frederick W.", "lastName": "Cubbage" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Jesse D.", "lastName": "Henderson" } ], "abstractNote": "Key factors driving renewable energy demand are state and federal policies requiring the use of renewable feedstocks to produce energy (renewable portfolio standards) and liquid fuels (renewable fuel standards). However, over the next decade, the infrastructure for renewable energy supplies is unlikely to develop as fast as both policy- and market-motivated renewable energy demands. This will favor the use of existing wood as a feedstock in the first wave of bioenergy production. The ability to supply wood over the next decade is a function of the residual utilization, age class structure, and competition from traditional wood users. Using the North Carolina Renewable Portfolio Standard as a case study, combined with assumptions regarding energy efficiency, logging residual utilization, and traditional wood demands over time, we simulate the impacts of increased woody biomass demand on timber markets. We focus on the dynamics resulting from the interaction of short-run demand changes and long-term supply responses. We conclude that logging residuals alone may be unable to meet bioenergy demands from North Carolina’s Renewable Portfolio Standard. Thus, small roundwood (pulpwood) may be used to meet remaining bioenergy demands, resulting in increased timber prices and removals; displacement of traditional products; higher forest landowner incomes; and changes in the structure of the forest resource.", "publicationTitle": "Biomass and Bioenergy", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "December 2010", "volume": "34", "issue": "12", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "1679-1686", "series": "Current and Potential Capabilities of Wood Production Systems in the Southeastern U.S.", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Biomass and Bioenergy", "DOI": "10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.05.007", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0961953410001832", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T14:43:00Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0961-9534", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "Effect of policy-based bioenergy demand on southern timber markets", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Biomass supply", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Logging residuals", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable electricity portfolio standard", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Timber markets", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Timber supply projections", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:43:00Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:43:00Z" } }, { "key": "N4JC4SWS", "version": 118, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/N4JC4SWS", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/N4JC4SWS", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Le et al.", "parsedDate": "2010-07", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "N4JC4SWS", "version": 118, "itemType": "conferencePaper", "title": "California transmission development to meet environmental policies", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "D.", "lastName": "Le" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "A.", "lastName": "Chowdhury" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Songzhe", "lastName": "Zhu" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Haifeng", "lastName": "Liu" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Yi", "lastName": "Zhang" } ], "abstractNote": "This paper provides an overview of on-going transmission development to meet environmental policies in the State of California. Currently, load serving entities in the State of California are required to procure 20 percent of its energy with renewable generation by 2010 and the Governor's Executive Order sets a target of 33 percent Renewable Portfolio Standard by 2020. To meet this target by 2020, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), its Participating Transmission Owners (PTOs), non-ISO Transmission Owners and State Energy Agencies are engaging in various forums and processes to help facilitate renewable transmission development.", "proceedingsTitle": "2010 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting", "conferenceName": "2010 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "July 2010", "eventPlace": "", "volume": "", "issue": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "pages": "1-4", "series": "", "seriesNumber": "", "DOI": "10.1109/PES.2010.5589499", "ISBN": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "", "accessDate": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "IEEE Xplore", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "CAISO", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "CEC", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "CPUC", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "California transmission development", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "POUs", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "PTOs", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "RETI and CTPG", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable Integration", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Transmission Planning", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "environmental factors", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "environmental policies", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "load serving entities", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "on-going transmission development", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "power system planning", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "renewable energy sources", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "renewable generation", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:42:21Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:42:21Z" } }, { "key": "EVWFXB2W", "version": 117, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/EVWFXB2W", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/EVWFXB2W", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Sukumar et al.", "parsedDate": "2010-09", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "EVWFXB2W", "version": 117, "itemType": "conferencePaper", "title": "Quantifying state-policy incentives for the renewable energy investor", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.R.", "lastName": "Sukumar" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "M.", "lastName": "Shankar" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "M.", "lastName": "Olama" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.", "lastName": "Hadley" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "V.", "lastName": "Protopopescu" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.", "lastName": "Malinchik" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "B.", "lastName": "Ives" } ], "abstractNote": "In this paper, we describe an approach to quantify state-level renewable energy policies for a decision maker/investor. We describe the construction of a computational module - a rule-based system - to evaluate state incentives and their impacts on renewable energy investment. We aim to quantify the policy bias of states towards renewable technologies and identify profitable markets for investment, both long- and short-term. We also present how the ability to estimate the expected return from tax credits and incentives for a proposed project can be included while strategizing investment in large renewable energy generation projects.", "proceedingsTitle": "2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)", "conferenceName": "2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "Sept 2010", "eventPlace": "", "volume": "", "issue": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "pages": "386-391", "series": "", "seriesNumber": "", "DOI": "10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618006", "ISBN": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "", "accessDate": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "IEEE Xplore", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Databases", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Government", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Green products", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Investments", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Marketing and sales", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable energy resources", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Software", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "computational policy", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "decision investor", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "incentive schemes", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "investment", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "knowledge based systems", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "power markets", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "renewable energy incentives", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "renewable energy policies", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "renewable energy sources", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "rule based system", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "state policy incentives", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "tax credits", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:41:34Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:41:34Z" } }, { "key": "GJNA6VAF", "version": 114, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/GJNA6VAF", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/GJNA6VAF", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "GJNA6VAF", "version": 114, "itemType": "webpage", "title": "The Role Of District Energy In Greening Existing Neighborhoods: A Primer For Policy Makers And Local Government Officials", "creators": [], "abstractNote": "", "websiteTitle": "", "websiteType": "", "date": "", "publisher": "", "place": "", "DOI": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-ecology-and-the-environment/143/21903", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T14:36:43Z", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:36:43Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:36:43Z" } }, { "key": "SS2KQWBG", "version": 112, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/SS2KQWBG", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/SS2KQWBG", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Shrimali and Kniefel", "parsedDate": "2011-09", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "SS2KQWBG", "version": 112, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Are government policies effective in promoting deployment of renewable electricity resources?", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Gireesh", "lastName": "Shrimali" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Joshua", "lastName": "Kniefel" } ], "abstractNote": "Using a panel data over 50 US states and years 1991–2007, this paper uses a state fixed-effects model with state-specific time-trends to estimate the effects of state policies on the penetration of various emerging renewable electricity sources, including wind, biomass, geothermal, and solar photovoltaic. Renewable portfolio standards with either capacity or sales requirements have a significant impact on the penetration of all types of renewables—however, this impact is variable depending on the type of renewable source: it is negative for combined renewables, wind, and biomass; and positive for geothermal and solar. Further, clean energy funds and required green power options mostly result in increasing the penetration of all types of renewables. On the other hand, voluntary renewable portfolio standards as well as state green power purchasing programs are found to be ineffective in increasing the penetration of any type of renewable source. Finally, economic variables, such as electricity price, natural gas price, and per capita GDP as well as structural variables, such as league of conservation voters rating and the share of coal-generated electricity are found to be generally insignificant, suggesting the crucial role of policy in increasing the penetration of renewables.", "publicationTitle": "Energy Policy", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "September 2011", "volume": "39", "issue": "9", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "4726-4741", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Energy Policy", "DOI": "10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.055", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421511005118", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T14:11:25Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0301-4215", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Econometric analysis", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable deployment", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "State policy impact", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:11:25Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:11:25Z" } }, { "key": "X3EAK495", "version": 111, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/X3EAK495", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/X3EAK495", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Grueneich", "parsedDate": "2011-11-04", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "X3EAK495", "version": 111, "itemType": "conferencePaper", "title": "California State Policy on Sustainable Energy", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Dian M.", "lastName": "Grueneich" } ], "abstractNote": "California has set an ambitious goal of pursuing all cost‐effective energy efficiency and increasing the percent of electrical power generated by renewable energy sources to 33% by 2020. Through a large mixture of projects, many overseen by the California Public Utilities Commission, the state is aiming to greatly increase its reliance on sustainable energy.", "proceedingsTitle": "AIP Conference Proceedings", "conferenceName": "PHYSICS OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY II: USING ENERGY EFFICIENTLY AND PRODUCING IT RENEWABLY", "publisher": "AIP Publishing", "place": "", "date": "2011/11/04", "eventPlace": "", "volume": "1401", "issue": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "pages": "153-161", "series": "", "seriesNumber": "", "DOI": "10.1063/1.3653849", "ISBN": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/proceeding/aipcp/10.1063/1.3653849", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T14:09:41Z", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "scitation.aip.org", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:09:41Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:09:41Z" } }, { "key": "EC8NN6PU", "version": 110, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/EC8NN6PU", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/EC8NN6PU", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Reynolds", "parsedDate": "2011", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "EC8NN6PU", "version": 110, "itemType": "conferencePaper", "title": "RE and EE interplay: Oregon's energy trust", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "J.S.", "lastName": "Reynolds" } ], "abstractNote": "This is about the interplay between energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE), in a state with low electricity rates, and modest insolation. It shows the impact of politics on energy policy, and traces the considerable success of the Energy Trust of Oregon [ETO] in its nine years of life thus far. Oregon has among the lowest electricity rates in the US, thanks to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Yet Oregonians invest readily in both energy efficiency and renewable energy. This contrasts with states served by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a similar entity to BPA, with similarly low electricity rates. The ETO was created in 1999 in a political compromise. Republicans wanted energy de-regulation, while Democrats wanted a 3% public purpose fee on investor-owned electric utility bills. Because of ETO's success with the electric utility energy efficiency programs after several years, the investor-owned natural gas utilities asked us to take over their conservation programs as well. This has given us the advantage of being \"fuel- blind\" in our recommendations to customers for EE investments. Copyright © (2011) by the American Solar Energy Society.", "proceedingsTitle": "", "conferenceName": "40th ASES National Solar Conference 2011, SOLAR 2011", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "2011", "eventPlace": "", "volume": "1", "issue": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "pages": "644-647", "series": "", "seriesNumber": "", "DOI": "", "ISBN": "9781618394279", "citationKey": "", "url": "", "accessDate": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "Scopus", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "RE and EE interplay", "language": "English", "libraryCatalog": "Scopus", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:08:29Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:08:29Z" } }, { "key": "8DA73SHK", "version": 109, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/8DA73SHK", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/8DA73SHK", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Feliciano and Prosperi", "parsedDate": "2011-12", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "8DA73SHK", "version": 109, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Planning for low carbon cities: Reflection on the case of Broward County, Florida, USA", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Maribel", "lastName": "Feliciano" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "David C.", "lastName": "Prosperi" } ], "abstractNote": "Low carbon cities. What, exactly, are we talking about? Are we talking about lifestyles, activities, or enterprises? Are we talking about individual or group voluntary behavior change or a policy framework that seeks to encourage behavior change by regulatory force? Faced with an enormous literature that mixes related topics like sustainable development/climate change/energy conservation/low carbon, it is not surprising to hear about local governments’ or planners’ “climate change initiatives”.\n\nThis paper describes/reflects on how officials in Broward County, Florida, are dealing with issues of awareness, governance, measurement, and instruments for challenges arising from the combined threats of energy depletion and climate change. The overriding objective of this paper is to provide some pith for the discussion of planning for low carbon cities. To this end, we describe and reflect on the planning management responses of Broward County, Florida, USA – as an illustrative local government – in dealing with climate change challenges (CCC), energy conservation (EC) and greenhouse gas reduction (GHG). Both description and reflection are important as it is primarily the latter that provides the critical perspective necessary for assessing both potential and effect.\n\nThe paper is organized into five sections. The first two sections address the “contextual” questions raised above: what is the level of knowledge and/or awareness among the collection of planners and/or local governments; and, what are/is appropriate responses of different levels of government. In the next section, we review overall levels of knowledge and awareness of basic science and policy dimensions, with particular attention paid to (a version of the) US planning profession. This is followed by a discussion of “theoretical” prescriptions for actions at different levels of government. The third and fourth sections focus on Broward County. The third section describes the county and presents a current measurement of its carbon footprint (at least at the level to which it can be measured). The fourth section describes the operational response of Broward County government. The final section returns to the original questions of knowledge and appropriate types of responses and argues that while the Broward response is generally effective in certain aspects, the current policy paradigm contains both strengths and weaknesses, which are generally outlined and discussed.", "publicationTitle": "Cities", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "December 2011", "volume": "28", "issue": "6", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "505-516", "series": "Low Carbon Cities (45th ISOCARP World Congress Porto, Portugal 18-22 October 2009)", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Cities", "DOI": "10.1016/j.cities.2011.04.004", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275111000448", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T14:08:01Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0264-2751", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "Planning for low carbon cities", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Carbon", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Cities", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Climate change", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Energy efficiency", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Florida", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Greenhouse gases", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Planning", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Public policy", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "energy", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:08:01Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:08:01Z" } }, { "key": "75B3DT54", "version": 108, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/75B3DT54", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/75B3DT54", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Smith", "parsedDate": "2011", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "75B3DT54", "version": 108, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "States assume energy policy leadership", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "D.C.", "lastName": "Smith" } ], "abstractNote": "", "publicationTitle": "Renewable Resources Journal", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "2011", "volume": "27", "issue": "1", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "16-18", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0738-6532", "archive": "Scopus", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "English", "libraryCatalog": "Scopus", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:07:14Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:07:14Z" } }, { "key": "E5CPWM4D", "version": 107, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/E5CPWM4D", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/E5CPWM4D", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Diehl", "parsedDate": "2011", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "E5CPWM4D", "version": 107, "itemType": "conferencePaper", "title": "State, local governments leveraging ENERGY STAR", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "K.M.", "lastName": "Diehl" } ], "abstractNote": "Altogether 13 municipal and state governments have created policies which incorporate ENERGY STAR tools to support reduction of energy use in commercial buildings for the purpose of saving costs and GHG emissions. The five examples provided above are some of the more recent of these policies. This paper makes them available to State and local agencies considering the development of their own building energy use policies. As mentioned above, all of the policies incorporate benchmarking using PM or a similar or equivalent tool into their requirements. Seattle's, San Francisco's and Washington's policies require disclosure of their benchmarking data. Seattle's policy is unique. It applies only to private buildings, both residential and commercial. The other two apply to private and public commercial buildings. All three policies phase in their disclosure requirements for commercial buildings based on square footage from greater than 50,000 ft2 and to greater than 10,000 ft2. Seattle also looks at occupancy dates in regard to disclosure. Seattle and San Francisco require building owners to report their benchmarking data to the City. San Francisco requires the City to report this benchmarking data in an annual report to the public. Seattle and Washington building owners are required to report to current and/or prospective tenants and prospective buyers and lenders. Both Seattle and Washington require utilities to maintain energy consumption data compatible with PM for each covered building for the most recent 12 months. The utilities are required to upload this data into PM upon owner authorization. These three government agencies have set high goals or have high expectations in part for their policies. Seattle established a goal of improving the energy performance of its existing buildings by 20 per cent by 2020. Washington has set a goal to reduce its net annual energy consumption by 70 per cent under its 2031 energy code. San Francisco expects to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 70,800 tons over the first five years after their policy's adoption with a net present value to the private sector exceeding $600 million dollars. The Federal Government set similar goals through its Federal Energy Management Program requiring all federal agencies to lease ENERGY STAR certified space by 2010, reduce energy use intensity by 30 per cent by 2015 and, starting in 2020, design all new buildings to achieve net zero energy by 2030.", "proceedingsTitle": "", "conferenceName": "Air and Waste Management Association - Greenhouse Gas Strategies in a Changing Climate Conference 2011", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "2011", "eventPlace": "", "volume": "", "issue": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "pages": "22-37", "series": "", "seriesNumber": "", "DOI": "", "ISBN": "9781618399977", "citationKey": "", "url": "", "accessDate": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "Scopus", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "English", "libraryCatalog": "Scopus", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T14:06:24Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T14:06:24Z" } }, { "key": "6W2AUCF2", "version": 106, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/6W2AUCF2", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/6W2AUCF2", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Yi and Feiock", "parsedDate": "2012-03-01", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "6W2AUCF2", "version": 106, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Policy Tool Interactions and the Adoption of State Renewable Portfolio Standards", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Hongtao", "lastName": "Yi" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Richard C.", "lastName": "Feiock" } ], "abstractNote": "We contribute to extant policy theory by focusing on interrelationships between existing policies and innovation. In particular, we call attention to the link between supply-side incentives and demand-side innovation, which has not been systematically investigated. Our research expectation is that supply-side policies generally will complement demand-side policy, leading to a positive impact on the adoption of demand-side innovations. We test this idea by examining adoptions of renewable portfolio standards (RPS), a demand-pull approach targeted to renewable energy generation by utilities, in the American states from 1991 to 2008. Event history models show that an index of supply-side financial incentives has a strong positive influence on RPS adoption. We do not find support for the hypothesis that this effect is contingent on in-state carbon-based energy generation. In conclusion, we argue that the study of policy adoption needs to give greater consideration to the interrelationships among policy instruments.", "publicationTitle": "Review of Policy Research", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "March 1, 2012", "volume": "29", "issue": "2", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "193-206", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "10.1111/j.1541-1338.2012.00548.x", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1541-1338.2012.00548.x/abstract", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T13:28:08Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "1541-1338", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "en", "libraryCatalog": "Wiley Online Library", "callNumber": "", "rights": "© 2012 by The Policy Studies Organization", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Renewable energy", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable portfolio standards", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "policy tools", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "tax incentives", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T13:28:08Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T13:28:08Z" } }, { "key": "M6GSNVTB", "version": 105, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/M6GSNVTB", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/M6GSNVTB", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Wiener and Koontz", "parsedDate": "2012-07", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "M6GSNVTB", "version": 105, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Extent and types of small-scale wind policies in the U.S. states: Adoption and effectiveness", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Joshua G.", "lastName": "Wiener" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Tomas M.", "lastName": "Koontz" } ], "abstractNote": "Renewable energy sources, including wind, are increasingly promoted by U.S. state governments. Using state-level data and survey responses from energy officials in 44 states, this study catalogs the extent and types of small wind policies adopted by states. It examines the factors correlated with policy adoption, and perceptions about which policy tools are most effective. Results indicate that 84% of the states participating in the survey have adopted at least one policy to promote small wind technologies, and most have adopted several policies. The most frequent policy is net metering, and this policy tool was also perceived to be one of the most effective at encouraging businesses and consumers to install small wind technologies. However, several other policy tools perceived to be most effective at promoting small wind installations have been adopted by relatively few states. This identified gap suggests opportunities for improving policy effectiveness. In explaining factors associated with adoption of policy tools, we find support for variables comprising both the policy diffusion and internal determinants models of policy adoption, including state commitment to environmental protection and policy innovations, citizen ideology, per capita wealth, energy policy network communications, and desire to be viewed as an environmental leader.", "publicationTitle": "Energy Policy", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "July 2012", "volume": "46", "issue": "", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "15-24", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Energy Policy", "DOI": "10.1016/j.enpol.2012.02.050", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030142151200167X", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T13:24:57Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0301-4215", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "Extent and types of small-scale wind policies in the U.S. states", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Policy adoption theory", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "U.S. states", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Wind energy", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T13:24:57Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T13:24:57Z" } }, { "key": "EPAVGMFM", "version": 104, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/EPAVGMFM", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/EPAVGMFM", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Coley and Hess", "parsedDate": "2012-09", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "EPAVGMFM", "version": 104, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Green energy laws and Republican legislators in the United States", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Jonathan S.", "lastName": "Coley" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "David J.", "lastName": "Hess" } ], "abstractNote": "The policy context for green energy laws in the United States has changed over the past few years, because the Republican Party has increasingly opposed renewable electricity and other green energy policies. In this study, we draw on a database of 6071 votes on RPS (renewable portfolio standards) and PACE (Property-Assessed Clean Energy) laws by individual state legislators in the United States to examine the circumstances shaping Republican votes for green energy laws from 2007–2011. We find that votes on these laws are indeed increasingly partisan, with Republicans supporting RPS laws especially less than Democrats. However, Republicans' support for these laws is higher in states with weaker fossil fuel industries. Furthermore, Republicans tend to support the laws where median household income is lower, environmental organizations are weaker, labor-environmental coalitions are absent, and the proportion of Democrats in the legislature is lower, suggesting a reactive effect against green energy policies in more progressive settings.", "publicationTitle": "Energy Policy", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "September 2012", "volume": "48", "issue": "", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "576-583", "series": "Special Section: Frontiers of Sustainability", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Energy Policy", "DOI": "10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.062", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421512004752", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T13:22:36Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0301-4215", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Green energy laws", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable portfolio standards (RPS)", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T13:22:36Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T13:22:36Z" } }, { "key": "XE9PAAGT", "version": 103, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/XE9PAAGT", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/XE9PAAGT", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Sivaraman and Moore", "parsedDate": "2012-10", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "XE9PAAGT", "version": 103, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Economic performance of grid-connected photovoltaics in California and Texas (United States): The influence of renewable energy and climate policies", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Deepak", "lastName": "Sivaraman" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Michael R.", "lastName": "Moore" } ], "abstractNote": "Various public policies in the United States are providing financial incentives for installation and generation of electricity from renewable resources. This article examines the influence of investment subsidies, greenhouse gas (GHG) prices, and renewable energy credit (REC) prices on the economic performance of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems. Our model integrates PV output, capacity-factor-based dispatch, and cost-benefit financial components to evaluate new PV installations in California and Texas. Relative to the base case, the benefit–cost ratio increases between 5–53% in California and 5–38% in Texas for the policy-derived cases of GHG and REC prices. The economic performance of PV is higher in California due to higher grid electricity prices and the profile of displaced marginal fuels. A sensitivity analysis demonstrates the electricity and GHG prices required to achieve profitability. A key element of the economic analysis demonstrates the importance of assessing the marginal fuels displaced by the PV system, not the average mix of displaced fuels, in terms of accurately monetizing the GHG abatement embodied in the displaced fuels. In California, for example, the discounted benefits derived from pollution abatement under the marginal displacement approach were 1.6–3.0 times higher than under the three average fuel mix cases.", "publicationTitle": "Energy Policy", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "October 2012", "volume": "49", "issue": "", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "274-287", "series": "Special Section: Fuel Poverty Comes of Age: Commemorating 21 Years of Research and Policy", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Energy Policy", "DOI": "10.1016/j.enpol.2012.06.019", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421512005265", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T13:21:38Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0301-4215", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "Economic performance of grid-connected photovoltaics in California and Texas (United States)", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Climate policy", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Photovoltaic electricity generation", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable energy policy", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T13:21:38Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T13:21:38Z" } }, { "key": "6DF3BCDK", "version": 102, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/6DF3BCDK", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/6DF3BCDK", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Chiavara", "parsedDate": "2012-10-01", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "6DF3BCDK", "version": 102, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Taking to the Market: The Expanding Leverage of Local Governments to Drive Sustainable Transitions in the Private Sector", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Jessica", "lastName": "Chiavara" } ], "abstractNote": "Recent treatment of the Dormant Commerce Clause by the courts has created a marked expansion of the regulatory and discretionary authorities of local governments that should make industry, advocates, and advisors take note. State and local governments have substantially more leeway to advance environmental and energy policies through regulation despite potential or actual burdens on interstate commerce. From public-private partnerships, to tax incentives and procurement policies, recent case law shows that local governments can wield ever greater influence on private-sector shifts toward sustainability and renewable energy development.", "publicationTitle": "Environmental Claims Journal", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "October 1, 2012", "volume": "24", "issue": "4", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "336-352", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "10.1080/10406026.2012.731965", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10406026.2012.731965", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T13:20:07Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "1040-6026", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "Taking to the Market", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "Taylor and Francis+NEJM", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T13:20:07Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T13:20:07Z" } }, { "key": "JVQ3P4MK", "version": 101, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/JVQ3P4MK", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/JVQ3P4MK", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Cebula", "parsedDate": "2012-10-01", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "JVQ3P4MK", "version": 101, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "US residential electricity consumption: the effect of states' pursuit of energy efficiency policies", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Richard J.", "lastName": "Cebula" } ], "abstractNote": "This empirical note seeks to provide evidence identifying key factors that have influenced the per residential customer consumption of electricity in the United States during recent years, with particular emphasis on the degree to which each state has pursued energy efficiency policies. This preliminary empirical analysis takes the form of Panel Two-Stage Least Squares (P2SLS) estimations. State-level data are adopted for the 4-year period from 2002 through 2005. The P2SLS findings indicate that the consumption of electricity per residential customer is an increasing function of the annual number of cooling degree days, the real personal disposable income and the real price of natural gas, as well as the maximum electricity generation capacity, while being a decreasing function of the real unit price of electricity, the extent of usage of natural gas for residential heating and the degree to which each state has pursued energy efficiency policies.", "publicationTitle": "Applied Economics Letters", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "October 1, 2012", "volume": "19", "issue": "15", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "1499-1503", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "10.1080/13504851.2011.637884", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2011.637884", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T13:19:11Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "1350-4851", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "US residential electricity consumption", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "Taylor and Francis+NEJM", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T13:19:11Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T13:19:11Z" } }, { "key": "I5PW5EQ8", "version": 100, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/I5PW5EQ8", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/I5PW5EQ8", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Carley and Miller", "parsedDate": "2012-11-01", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "I5PW5EQ8", "version": 100, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Regulatory Stringency and Policy Drivers: A Reassessment of Renewable Portfolio Standards", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Sanya", "lastName": "Carley" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Chris J.", "lastName": "Miller" } ], "abstractNote": "Renewable energy policy has far-reaching implications for national and international economic, environmental, and political sustainability, but thus far within the United States it has been almost entirely the province of state governments. This article examines the factors motivating state-level policymakers to adopt different forms of a renewable portfolio standard (RPS), highlighting the distinction between degrees of policy stringency, ranging from entirely voluntary participation to rigorous and strictly enforced targets. In the process we introduce a new metric for assessing stringency, more precise and reliable than the various proxies used previously, and analyze its relationship to drivers of policy adoption. We find that policies of different stringencies are motivated by systematically different underlying factors. State-level citizen political ideology is a significant predictor of RPS policy adoption, particularly for “voluntary” and “weak” policy designs. “Strong” policy designs, on the other hand, are best predicted by ideology at the government level, i.e., the degree of institutional liberalism. These findings may inform current implementation and program evaluation efforts, and potentially point the way toward more effective policy choices if and when an RPS moves forward on the national policy agenda, while the stringency metric central to this analysis can be of use to other policy scholars concerned with topics both within and beyond the realm of energy policy.", "publicationTitle": "Policy Studies Journal", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "November 1, 2012", "volume": "40", "issue": "4", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "730-756", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Policy Stud J", "DOI": "10.1111/j.1541-0072.2012.00471.x", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2012.00471.x/abstract", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T13:18:17Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "1541-0072", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "Regulatory Stringency and Policy Drivers", "language": "en", "libraryCatalog": "Wiley Online Library", "callNumber": "", "rights": "© 2012 Policy Studies Organization", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Energy policy", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable energy", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Renewable portfolio standard", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "citizen ideology", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "electricity market", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "policy adoption", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T13:18:17Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T13:18:17Z" } }, { "key": "46ISE9ZN", "version": 99, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/46ISE9ZN", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/46ISE9ZN", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Scaccia", "parsedDate": "2012-01-01", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "46ISE9ZN", "version": 99, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "California’s Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative as a model for state renewable resource development and transmission planning", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Brian", "lastName": "Scaccia" } ], "abstractNote": "Given the lack of US federal leadership in climate change regulation, states have taken the lead in the implementation of aggressive policies to promote economic development, decrease dependence on foreign energy imports, and achieve broad environmental goals through increased reliance on renewable energy sources. The renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) has become the most common tool used by states to achieve their particular policy goals; however, numerous barriers stand in the way of electricity providers seeking compliance with the RPS mandate. The California Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI) was a statewide attempt to overcome problems related to transmission planning and costs, private and public land-use issues, and environmental impacts. By seeking the involvement of broad stakeholder groups in the identification and evaluation of potential renewable energy zones, RETI created a roadmap for future renewable energy development in California that is both economically and environmentally sound. Through a collaborative transmission planning process, RETI provides key insights into the challenges faced by states attempting to comply with their RPS mandates, including those relating to concerns about participant selection, locating transmission, permitting, and the timing of both the planning and implementation stages of the initiative. In this paper, I evaluate RETI’s success in achieving its stated goals while also identifying areas of concern not addressed by the initiative. The results of this analysis provide guidance for states implementing their own RPS programs.", "publicationTitle": "Climate Law", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "2012/01/01", "volume": "3", "issue": "1", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "25-47", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "10.3233/CL-2012-055", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.3233/cl-2012-055", "accessDate": "2015-07-02T13:17:19Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "1878-6561", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "booksandjournals.brillonline.com", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-02T13:17:19Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-02T13:17:19Z" } }, { "key": "8GIVS42A", "version": 98, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/8GIVS42A", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/8GIVS42A", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Chaudhry et al.", "parsedDate": "2013-08-01", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "8GIVS42A", "version": 98, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Policy Stakeholders' Perceptions of Carbon Capture and Storage: A Comparison of Four U.S. States", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Rumika", "lastName": "Chaudhry" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Miriam", "lastName": "Fischlein" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Joel", "lastName": "Larson" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Damon M.", "lastName": "Hall" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Tarla Rai", "lastName": "Peterson" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Elizabeth J.", "lastName": "Wilson" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Jennie C.", "lastName": "Stephens" } ], "abstractNote": "Over the past decade, the United States (US) has demonstrated strong and evolving interest in the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS), an emerging set of technologies with potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. Given the many technical, economic, and environmental uncertainties about the future of CCS, the political salience of this technology is high. In the US, states make key decisions about deploying energy technology projects, but variation in state-level energy context (both technical and socio-political) is substantial. This research assesses variation in the state-level energy context for CCS development by exploring energy policy stakeholders' perceptions of CCS in four geographically and demographically diverse states. Policy stakeholders have different degrees of familiarity with CCS, and the goal of this research is to understand and compare the perceptions of CCS among stakeholders who shape state-level energy policy. Semi-structured interviews with 84 energy policy stakeholders across government, industry, academia, and non-governmental organizations active in four different states (Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana and Texas) were analyzed to compare perceptions of CCS risks and benefits. Negative associations of CCS were mentioned more frequently than positive attributes in each state, and technical, political and economic risks are more dominant than environmental or health and safety risks. Content analysis of the interviews provides insight on emerging sub-national discourse regarding CCS, on state-level variation in familiarity with CCS, and on sub-national variation in the socio-political context for energy technologies. The variation in state and stakeholder energy priorities and perceptions revealed in this study highlights challenges in the development and implementation of national-level energy policy and also specific challenges in the deployment of CCS.", "publicationTitle": "Journal of Cleaner Production", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "August 1, 2013", "volume": "52", "issue": "", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "21-32", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Journal of Cleaner Production", "DOI": "10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.02.002", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652613000516", "accessDate": "2015-07-01T21:04:34Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0959-6526", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "Policy Stakeholders' Perceptions of Carbon Capture and Storage", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "CCS", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Energy policy", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Energy technology", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Perceptions", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Risk perceptions", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "SPEED", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-01T21:04:34Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-01T21:04:34Z" } }, { "key": "7UJ6K65R", "version": 97, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/7UJ6K65R", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/7UJ6K65R", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Bedsworth and Hanak", "parsedDate": "2013-06", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "7UJ6K65R", "version": 97, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Climate policy at the local level: Insights from California", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Louise W.", "lastName": "Bedsworth" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Ellen", "lastName": "Hanak" } ], "abstractNote": "Local governments in the United States have been hotbeds of climate change activity. Recently, states have sought to incorporate these primarily voluntary actions into broader climate change mitigation programs. Using the example of California, a national leader in U.S. climate policy, this article examines the scope for effectiveness of local climate action and assesses factors related to adoption of local climate policies. The analysis draws on two original surveys of city and county governments, designed to learn about adoption of comprehensive policy tools (emission inventories and climate action plans) and programs in specific areas (energy, water, land use, transportation). Adoption rates are fairly high and growing; by mid 2010 roughly 70% of all jurisdictions were already engaged or planning to engage in comprehensive climate actions, up from roughly 50% in 2008. The adoption of specific programs varies with the degree of local government authority in different sectors, and is generally higher for programs targeting municipal facilities and operations than those targeting residents and businesses. Population size, household income, and strong support from local leaders and the public are all associated with higher rates of adoption, particularly for comprehensive actions. Partisan attitudes are more important for comprehensive actions than for programs in specific areas such as energy efficiency and renewable energy, mirroring the findings of state and national public opinion surveys, which find broader support for actions like clean energy than for explicit climate change-oriented actions. Qualitative analysis reveals additional keys to success, including partnering with other local governments and private organizations and leveraging cost savings and other potential co-benefits of action. As states move to incorporate local actions into broader plans, mandates will also play an increasing role in setting a floor for local efforts.", "publicationTitle": "Global Environmental Change", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "June 2013", "volume": "23", "issue": "3", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "664-677", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Global Environmental Change", "DOI": "10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.02.004", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378013000344", "accessDate": "2015-07-01T21:03:38Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0959-3780", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "Climate policy at the local level", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Climate change", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Emissions reduction", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Local government", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Local planning", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-01T21:03:38Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-01T21:03:38Z" } }, { "key": "UDTB9UWX", "version": 96, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/UDTB9UWX", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/UDTB9UWX", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Kebede et al.", "parsedDate": "2013-06", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "UDTB9UWX", "version": 96, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Economic impact of wood pellet co-firing in South and West Alabama", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Ellene", "lastName": "Kebede" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Gbenga", "lastName": "Ojumu" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Edinam", "lastName": "Adozssi" } ], "abstractNote": "Alabama imports coal from other states to generate electricity. This paper assessed the direct and indirect economic impacts of small-scale wood pellet production to be co-fired with coal for power generation in Alabama. Three sizes of wood pellet plants and a regional input–output model were used for the analysis. The results showed that the economic impact increases with the size of the plant. Wood pellet production will have a multiplier effect on the economy, especially forest-related services, retail stores, the health service industry, and tax revenue for the government. Domestic wood pellet production can reduce the use of imported coal, allow the use of local woody biomass, and create economic activities in Alabama's rural communities. A policy to support the production of wood pellet will serve to encourage the use of wood for power generation and the local economy.", "publicationTitle": "Energy for Sustainable Development", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "June 2013", "volume": "17", "issue": "3", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "252-256", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "Energy for Sustainable Development", "DOI": "10.1016/j.esd.2013.01.004", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082613000070", "accessDate": "2015-07-01T21:03:05Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "0973-0826", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "ScienceDirect", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Co-firing", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Coal", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Electricity", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Forest", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Input–output", "type": 1 }, { "tag": "Wood pellet", "type": 1 } ], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-01T21:03:05Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-01T21:03:05Z" } }, { "key": "E322QHQF", "version": 95, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 358598, "name": "Energy Topics State And Local Govts", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/358598/items/E322QHQF", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/energy_topics_state_and_local_govts/items/E322QHQF", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 1261598, "username": "Bibliobomb", "name": "Alex Hernandez", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/bibliobomb", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Krasko and Doris", "parsedDate": "2013-08", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "E322QHQF", "version": 95, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "State distributed PV policies: Can low cost (to government) policies have a market impact?", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Vitaliy A.", "lastName": "Krasko" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Elizabeth", "lastName": "Doris" } ], "abstractNote": "This analysis examines the use of state policy as a tool to support the development of distributed generation photovoltaic (PV) markets. The focus is on low-cost market opening policies instead of various forms of government subsidies aimed at reducing installation costs. The ideas tested in this work are: (1) low-cost market opening policies can be effective in facilitating PV market growth without subsidizing projects, and (2) policies can be made more effective if states and localities stage their enactment in a particular order. The policies selected for evaluation emerge from a policy stacking theory outlined in Doris (2012), NREL/CP-7A30-54801, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. A cross-section econometric analysis that takes into account the quality of interconnection standards, net metering standards, Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), RPS set-asides, and a non-policy determinant (population) explains about 70% of the variation in newly installed PV capacity across states and indicates that all of the selected policies are significant. Nonparametric statistical tests confirm the regression results. 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Each specific area has its own needs and problems. For this study, we used publicly available data to create an energy assessment for the Town of Smithtown, a municipality of 116,000 people on the north shore of Long Island (New York). We found that motor vehicles consume the largest amount of energy, followed by space heating for both residential and commercial-industrial purposes. Local policies probably can only modestly affect transportation energy use, although US federal policies may have significant effects over the next several decades. A local renovation financing program holds great promise to improve residential heating energy usage, and could greatly reduce energy consumption if it is expanded to cover the commercial sector. Current Town programs have begun to address immediate needs, although programs will require revision to achieve major reductions in energy use.", "publicationTitle": "Journal of Urban Technology", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "October 1, 2013", "volume": "20", "issue": "4", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "81-98", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "10.1080/10630732.2013.855517", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2013.855517", "accessDate": "2015-07-01T21:01:05Z", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "1063-0732", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "Taylor and Francis+NEJM", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2015-07-01T21:01:05Z", "dateModified": "2015-07-01T21:01:05Z" } } ]