<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ryan H. Wiser</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Galen L. Barbose</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Edward Holt</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Supporting Solar Power in Renewables Portfolio Standards: Experience from the United States</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">electricity markets and policy group</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">energy analysis and environmental impacts department</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">photovoltaics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">renewable energy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">renewable energy policies</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10/2010</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://eetd.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/publications/report-lbnl-3984e.pdf</style></url><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://eetd.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/publications/presentation-lbnl-3984e-ppt.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LBNL</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Berkeley</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">49</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Among the available options for encouraging the increased deployment of renewable electricity, renewables portfolio standards (RPS) have become increasingly popular. The RPS is a relatively new policy mechanism, however, and experience with its use is only beginning to emerge. One key concern that has been voiced is whether RPS policies will offer adequate support to a wide range of renewable energy technologies and applications or whether, alternatively, RPS programs will favor a small number of the currently least-cost forms of renewable energy. 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. As shown here, state-level RPS programs specifically designed to support solar have already proven to be an important, albeit somewhat modest, driver for solar energy deployment, and those impacts are projected to continue to build in the coming years. State experience in supporting solar energy with RPS programs is mixed, however, and full compliance with existing requirements has not been achieved. The comparative experiences described herein highlight the opportunities and challenges of applying an RPS to specifically support solar energy, as well as the importance of policy design details to ensuring that program goals are achieved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>