State renewable energy electricity policies: An empirical evaluation of effectiveness

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3071-3081

  Carley, Sanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Renewable energy; Renewable portfolio standard; State electricity policy

Indexed keywords

ADOPTING POLICY; CARBON MITIGATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ELECTRICITY POLICY; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY USE; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; FIXED EFFECTS; GENERATION MIX; GROSS STATE PRODUCTS; PER CAPITA; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; RESOURCE ENDOWMENTS; STATE ELECTRICITY POLICY; STATE ENERGY; STATE GOVERNMENTS; US ENERGY POLICY;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STANDARDS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; MODELING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349228213     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.062     Document Type: Article

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