Powerful Solutions: Contents
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Front matter, including contents (29 KB)
Executive Summary (48 KB)
Introduction (153 KB)
Public Benefits of Renewable Energy Use—Why Switch? (139 KB)
- Environmental Benefits
- Economic Benefits of Reducing Environmental Impacts
- Nuclear Risks
- Diversity and Energy Security Benefits
- Economic Development Benefits
- Other Nontraditional Benefits
Costs and Benefits of Increasing Renewable Energy Use in the United States (36 KB)
- UCS Renewable Portfolio Standard Analysis
- Energy Information Administration RPS Analysis
- Energy Innovations Study
- Department of Energy Five-Laboratory Study
Barriers to the Use of Renewable Energy Technologies (60 KB)
- Commercialization Barriers
- Unequal Government Subsidies and Taxes
- Market Failure to Value Public Benefits of Renewables
- Market Barriers
Renewable Energy Policies – 7 Ways to Switch (193 KB)
- Existing Policies
- Renewables Portfolio Standard
- Public Benefits Funding
- Net Metering
- Fair Transmission and Distribution Rules
- Fair Pollution Rules
- Consumer Information
- Putting Green Customer Demand to Work
Conclusion (24 KB)
Appendices
- Renewable Energy Technology: Potential, Costs, and Market
- The Renewables Portfolio Standard
- Renewables Portfolio Standard: Implementation Status as of November 1998
Tables - Public Benefits Trust Fund: Implementation Status as of November 1998
Tables - Summary of State Net Metering Programs as of November 1998
Full report (1.5 MB)
