Trendy solutions: Why do states adopt Sustainable Energy Portfolio Standards?

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3274-3281

  Chandler, Jess ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency portfolio standards (EEPS); Policy diffusion; Renewable portfolio standards (RPS)

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION DECISION; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DIFFUSION THEORY; GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY; INTERNAL VARIABLES; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; POLICY DIFFUSION; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS (RPS); SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

DIFFUSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; STANDARDS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

DIFFUSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 65749088656     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.04.032     Document Type: Article

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