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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111377
	Do renewable portfolio standards in the United States stunt renewable electricity development beyond mandatory targets?
	Zhou S.; Solomon B.D.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	03014215
卷号	140
英文摘要	Building upon the literatures of policy stringency, policy effectiveness and clean technological change, this paper explores the question of whether the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) serves as a floor or a cap on renewable electricity capacity deployment in the U.S. In particular, we examine the effect of RPS policy stringency on renewable electricity capacity additions beyond compliance. A panel dataset from 1998 to 2017 is constructed for 28 states that have adopted a mandatory RPS in this timeframe. Using hybrid random effects negative binomial regression models, we find that when constrained by renewable electricity potential capacity (potential capacity < 403.4 GW), more stringent RPSs are significantly associated with a lower level of non-RPS related renewable electricity capacity additions. This negative effect of the RPS on beyond RPS compliance renewable electricity development is weakened by the abundance of renewable energy resources. For states endowed with large renewable energy resources, a stringent RPS policy can motivate utilities and other energy producers to invest in renewable electricity capacity beyond the mandatory target. These findings contribute to the policy stringency and policy effectiveness literatures, and improve our understanding of the relationship between clean energy technology adoption and energy policy. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Beyond compliance Policy stringency Renewable energy technology adoption Renewable portfolio standards
英文关键词	Random processes; Regression analysis; Regulatory compliance; Beyond compliance; Clean energy technology; Negative binomial regression model; Potential capacity; Renewable electricity; Renewable energy technologies; Renewable portfolio standard; Technological change; Renewable energy resources; alternative energy; data set; electricity supply; energy policy; literature review; panel data; standard (reference); targeting; technology adoption; United States
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204966
作者单位	Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49331, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhou S.,Solomon B.D.. Do renewable portfolio standards in the United States stunt renewable electricity development beyond mandatory targets?[J],2020,140.
APA	Zhou S.,&Solomon B.D..(2020).Do renewable portfolio standards in the United States stunt renewable electricity development beyond mandatory targets?.Energy Policy,140.
MLA	Zhou S.,et al."Do renewable portfolio standards in the United States stunt renewable electricity development beyond mandatory targets?".Energy Policy 140(2020).