Renewable/Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards and Goals

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1 Alaska American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Guam Hawaii Illinois Established the intent of the state to receive 50% of its electric generation from renewable and alternative energy sources by 2025 (HB 306) The Renewable Energy Action Plan for American Samoa evaluated major indigenous renewable resources and furnished budget estimates; the American Samoa Power Authority has set a goal that 10% of electricity production should come from renewable sources by 2010 (with 2-3 MW of installed wind capacity by 2010) Renewable Energy Standard: 15% by 2025 (by 2012, 4.5% of total retail electricity sales must come from distributed renewable resources for investor-owned utilities) RPS program requires retail sellers of electricity to increase their sales of eligible renewable-energy resources by at least 1% of retail sales per year, so that 20% of their retail sales are served with eligible renewable energy resources by 2010, with a long-term goal of 33% by % by 2020 for investor-owned utilities (minimum 4% of total electricity from solar, half of which must be on-site with consumer), 10% by 2020 for electric cooperatives, and 10% by 2020 for municipal utilities (no solar requirement) 20% by 2020 from Class I renewables, 3% from Class I or II, and 4% from Class III by 2010; the state s two electric distribution companies are required to enter into long-term electricity purchase agreements to obtain at least 150 MW of Class I renewable energy Retail electricity suppliers are required to purchase 20% of the electricity sold in the state from renewable sources by 2019, of which 2% must come from solar photovoltaics; under Delaware s RPS, rural electric cooperatives and municipal utilities can opt out of the mandated portfolio requirements if they establish a green energy fund and a voluntary green power purchasing program The PSC has been requested to adopt a 20% RPS by 2020, with a strong focus on solar and wind energy Each utility that sells electricity for consumption on Guam must establish a renewable energy portfolio goal of 25% renewable energy by 2035; any permit issued for the construction of a base load electrical generation plant must include a requirement that 10% of total generation capacity must come from alternative energy sources Requires the state s public utilities to provide 20% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020; each electric utility company that sells electricity for consumption in Hawaii must establish the following percentages of renewable electrical energy sales: 10% of its net electricity sales by December 31, 2010; 15% of its net electricity sales by December 31, 2015; and 20% of its net electricity sales by December 31, 2020; under the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, the state set a goal in conjunction with USDOE to produce 70% of energy from clean, renewable sources by 2030 Amount of renewable electrical energy generation required by utilities increased to 25% by 2020 and 40% by 2030 (Amendment to HB 1464) Hawaii s RPS includes renewable energy generation and energy efficiency savings in achieving the RPS goals until the end of 2014 Beginning in 2015, the RPS will include only renewable energy generation Goal to supply 25% of electricity from renewable sources by 2025, with 75% of the renewable energy from wind; the RPS ramps up over time to 2025; currently at 5-6% this calendar year; covers both the major utilities and the alternative retail electric suppliers Starting June 1, 2015, at least 6% of the renewable energy resources used to meet these standards shall come from solar photovoltaics (Act ) Page 1 of 6

2 Iowa Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Iowa Code requires its two investor-owned utilities to own or to contract for a combined total of 105 MW of renewable generating capacity and associated energy production, which can include small hydropower facilities, and which is allocated between the two utilities based on each utility s percentage of their combined estimated retail peak demand in Iowa; enrolled 2008 legislation provides that the Iowa Utility Association conduct a technical study of the potential for achieving increased renewable generation by 2025; this must be presented to the Office of Energy Independence by December 1, 2008 Legislation enacted in 2008 directs a study of adoption of Renewable Portfolio Standards, with report due November 30, 2008 Renewable and efficiency portfolio standard (REPS) denotes that 25% of Kentucky s energy needs will be supplied by 7% renewable energy sources and 18% reductions through energy conservation and efficiency (Kentucky s energy plan, Intelligent Energy Choices for Kentucky s Future) Set a target of producing 1000 MW of renewable energy by 2025 Pending legislation regarding the enactment of a Clean Energy Portfolio Standard (HB 408, HB 3) Requires each competitive electricity provider to supply at least 30% of their total retail electric sales using electricity generated by eligible renewable and resources and certain efficient resources; goal to increase new renewable-energy capacity by 10% by 2017 and for each year thereafter Requires that 20% of the state s electricity supply come from renewable sources by 2022; utilities demonstrate compliance by acquiring renewable energy credits (RECs) Altered the renewable energy portfolio standard by increasing the percentages of electricity sales that must be met in specified years through the accumulation of renewable energy credits from certain sources, redefines a specified renewable energy credit, increases the maximum allowable alternative compliance payment, subject to a certain limitation (COMAR et seq.) Accelerated the annual solar energy requirements and the solar alternative compliance schedule, will take effect in 2011 (SB 277) The state s RPS requires all retail electricity providers in the state to utilize new renewable-energy sources for at least 4% of their power supply by 2009; pending energy legislation will require an additional 1% each following year; pending legislation will also add small hydro to the list of RPSeligible resources, create a second class of renewable resources for pre-existing facilities, create a new Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard for some non-traditional but non-renewable resources, and will add restrictions on the RPS-qualification of imports from renewable facilities outside ISO New England Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, approved, effective January 2009 (225 CMR 15.00, 225 CMR 14.00) Established a renewable energy standard, consisting of a renewable energy capacity portfolio and a renewable energy credit portfolio, under which 10% of an electric provider s energy must come from renewable sources by 2015 (Act 295, Clean, Renewable, and Efficient Energy Act) Requires electric and natural gas providers to file energy optimization plans; Requires the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Department of Management and Budget (DMB) to take certain actions related to energy efficiency and conservation Provides for the establishment of wind energy resource zones Requires that 25% of Minnesota s power come from renewable sources by 2025; Xcel Energy, which currently generates about half of the state s electricity, will be required to produce 30% of its power from renewable sources by 2020; goal to develop an additional 800 MW of community-owned wind projects by 2010 Revised the standard to include solar energy systems, with a limitation of 1% of the 25% requirement (SF 550, Sec. 13) Page 2 of 6

3 Missouri Montana Utilities must make a good-faith effort to generate or procure electricity generated by eligible renewable-energy resources, so that by 2012, 4% of total retail electric sales is generated by eligible renewables the goal increases to 8% by 2015, and to 11% by 2020 Renewable energy standard adopted by voters in November 2008 that requires investor-owned electric utilities to increase their use of renewable sources to 2% of total electricity generation by 2011, 5% by 2014, 10% by 2018 and 15% by 2021; also includes a specific solar-generation requirement (MRS et seq., 4 CSR ) Mandates that 15% of the state s energy come from renewable sources by 2015, and for each year thereafter (5% for years and 10% for years ) Certain amounts of generation capacity must be community renewable energy projects, no more than 25 MW in size and owned by Montana entities ( et seq. MCA) Compliance date for first tranche of community renewables moved from 2010 to start of 2012 Eligible renewable resources owned by a public utility can be used to comply with the community renewable energy project requirements in the standard Nebraska Major electric utilities have set goals of a renewable energy standard of 10% by 2020 Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada s Energy Portfolio Standard requires the state s two investor-owned utilities to derive or save 20% of retail sales from renewable energy resources or energy efficiency measures by 2015 (no less than 5% from solar energy); included in the standard is a Portfolio Energy Credit (PEC) trading program Energy Portfolio Standard increased the requirement to 25% by 2025 (SB 358) Utilities required to meet 6% of their portfolio requirement through solar energy beginning in calendar year 2016 New Hampshire s Electric RPS requires electricity providers to acquire renewable energy certificates (RECs) equivalent to 23.8% of retail electricity sold to end-use customers by 2025 Requires each supplier/provider serving retail customers in the state to include in the electricity it sells 22.5% qualifying renewables by 2021, with set requirements for Class I and Class II renewables and solar energy; by reporting year 2021, 2.12% solar electricity is required Investor-owned utilities are required to generate 20% of total retail sales to New Mexico customers from renewable energy resources by 2020, with interim standards of 10% by 2011 and 15% by 2015 and a standard for rural electric cooperatives of 10% by 2020 (utilities document compliance with the RPS through the use of renewable-energy certificates - RECs) Page 3 of 6

4 New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania New York s RPS was established in 2004 with a goal of increasing the proportion of renewable technology used by New York consumers from the 2004 baseline of 19.3% to at least 25% by 2013 with 1% of the goal coming from voluntary green power sales purchases made by retailers; the funding for the eight-year program is approximately $742 million; NYSERDA is administering these funds by issuing competitive solicitations; two competitive procurements have been completed with 837 MW of renewable capacity under contract (261 MW in service); as of May 2008, contracts from a third procurement are being negotiated In January of 2010 the RPS goal was increased to 30% by the year 2015 to augment Governor Paterson s clean energy policy of 45 by 15 45% of NY s energy consumption met through renewables (30%) and energy efficiency (15%) by the year 2015 The funding for NY s RPS has increased to approximately $3 billion As part of the program, 39 large scale generation projects representing more than 1,532 megawatts of new renewable capacity have been competitively selected to provide renewable electricity to NY consumers The 2010 PRS added solar thermal as an eligible technology and included a geographic rebalancing component that was designed to result in renewable capacity additions in the downstate region, particularly where capacity additions will have overall system benefits North Carolina s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) requires all investor-owned utilities in the state to supply 12.5% of 2020 retail electricity sales from eligible energy resources by 2021; municipal utilities and electric cooperatives must meet a target of 10% renewables by 2018 Has established a voluntary objective that 10% of retail electricity sold in the state be obtained from renewable energy by 2015 can be measured through renewable energy and recycled energy objective credits and through qualifying megawatt hours delivered at retail; state law supports the national 25 x 25 initiative s in the revised version of the comprehensive state energy policy plan, EmPower ND, a goal of increasing installed wind capacity to 5,000 MW by 2020 Electric distribution utilities must provide 25% of electricity sold through the use of advanced energy technologies by 2025; technologies include clean coal, nuclear, renewables and others; at least half (12.5%) must come from renewable sources Set goal calling for 15% of electricity to be generated from renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and geothermal by 2015 (HB 3028, Oklahoma Energy Security Act) Large utilities those with 3% or more of the state s load must ensure that a percentage of the electricity sold to retail customers in-state be derived from eligible renewable energy resources: 5% by 2011 and 25% by 2025; utilities with less than 1.5% of state load must meet a 5% RPS by 2025 and utilities with more than 1.5%, but less than 3% of state load must meet a 10% RPS by 2025 The Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) requires applicable electric distribution companies and electric generation suppliers to supply a portion (18% by 2020, split into two tiers) of the electricity sold in PA with renewable and alternative energy sources; AEPS Tier I is composed of traditional renewable energy sources (wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, etc.) and is set at 8%; AEPS Tier II is composed of alternative energy sources (waste coal, demand side management, IGCC, large-scale hydro, etc.) and is set at 10% Page 4 of 6

5 Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Dakota Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Virgin Islands Washington The Department of Economic Development and Commerce together with the Energy Affairs Administration has enacted a new Renewable Energy Reform (HB 2611, Renewable and Alternate Renewable Energy Diversification Public Policy Act) Adopting a RPS requiring a minimum of 15% renewable energy generation by 2020 Implementing a Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) system to ensure and promote the compliance of the proposed RPS Requires state electricity retailers to derive at least 3% of the electricity they sell in state from renewable energy by December 31, 2006, increasing 1% per year through 2020; existing renewable resources may only contribute 2% of the required amount of renewables in any year and the rest must be from new renewable energy production Long-term contracts established for distribution companies and developers of new renewable energy resources The Renewable Energy Objective promotes a voluntary objective that, by 2015, 10% of all retail electricity sales be obtained from renewable and recycled resources; the law also calls for renewable electricity reporting requirements; Amended their original RPS to allow conserved energy to count toward their 10% from renewable, recycled or conserved energy sources by 2015 goal The Texas RPS, and renewable-energy credit (REC) trading program mandates renewable energy purchase requirements of 5,880 MW by 2015 (about 5% of the state s electricity demand), including a target of 500 MW of renewable-energy capacity from resources other than wind with a target of reaching 10,000 MW in renewable energy capacity by 2025 Under Utah s renewable energy goal, subject to cost effectiveness determination, investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities, and cooperative utilities shall use renewables to provide 20% of their adjusted retail electric sales by 2025; RECs may be used for compliance Calls for the state s electric utilities to meet any increase in statewide retail electricity sales between 2005 and 2012 by using renewable energy resources; Vermont also maintains a separate state goal of assuring that 20% of total statewide electric retail sales before July 1, 2017, are generated by qualifying renewables Established voluntary, incentive-based renewable energy portfolio standard with the following goals (base year is 2007): 4% of base year sales by 2010; 7% of base year sales by 2016; 12% of base year sales by 2022; and 15% of base year sales by 2025 Provides that an investor-owned electric utility will receive double credit toward meeting the goals of the renewable energy portfolio standard program for energy derived from onshore wind or solar and triple credit from offshore wind The Islands utility has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Renewable/Alternative energy generation up to 21% by 2011 Waste-to-Energy Plant selected from RFP applicant pool Requires peak demand generating capacity to be met by renewable energy sources on the following schedule: 20% by January 1, 2015, 25% by January 1, 2020, 30% by January 1, 2025 (12 VIC 1151 et seq.) Electric utilities that serve more than 25,000 customers in the state of Washington to obtain 15% of their electricity from new renewable resources (or through renewable energy credits) by 2020 and to undertake all cost-effective energy conservation Page 5 of 6

6 West Virginia West Virginia s Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard requires 25% of the electricity produced by investor-owned utilities to come from alternative and renewable sources by 2025, with interim goals of 10% by 2015 and 15% by 2020 Advanced coal technology, solar PV, solar thermal, wind, run-of-river hydropower, geothermal, biomass, biologically-derived fuel, and fuel cell technology are all eligible resources Wisconsin Requires utilities to produce 10% of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2015 Page 6 of 6