Green electricity policies in the United States: Case study

Energy Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2398-2410

  Menz, Fredric C ^a,b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Green electricity; Green electricity policies; Renewable energy; US green electricity

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CHANGING REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EXTERNAL COSTS; PUBLIC POLICY MEASURES;

ENERGY POLICY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844340122     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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