Green Options » nature quebec http://greenoptions.com/tag/nature-quebec Posts tagged 'nature quebec' Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:28:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Canadian Groups Battle Large-Scale Hydropower Bound for U.S. Electricity Markets http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/20/canadian-groups-battle-large-scale-hydropower-bound-for-us-electricity-markets/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/20/canadian-groups-battle-large-scale-hydropower-bound-for-us-electricity-markets/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:28:19 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/20/canadian-groups-battle-large-scale-hydropower-bound-for-us-electricity-markets/ river [Note: This a guest post from Ioana Radu of Fondation Rivieres (Rivers Foundation), an environmental advocacy organization based in Quebec]

As part of electricity restructuring efforts in the last few years, 25 states have adopted a Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS). This new policy promotes renewable energy sources that are consistent and compatible with competitive electricity markets and if efficiently implemented can develop 3,800 MW of new renewable energy capacity and maintain another 3,600 MW of existing capacity that might otherwise go off line. The RPS obliges retailers to include in their portfolios energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar. Such a move makes economic sense as the Energy Information Administration showed that by 2020 the nation’s energy bill can be lowered by $15 billion per year with only a 10% renewable-based energy supply compared to a heavily fossil-based supply mix.

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