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Trend #2. State and USA Renewable Energy Standards
Action: Sign Vote for Planet Earth petition to Support increased Renewable Energy standards in your state and USA.
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- A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a regulation that requires the________production of energy from renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal. *
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- Other common names for the same concept Renewable Electricity Standard_______at the United States federal level and Renewables Obligation in the UK.*
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- RPS-type mechanisms have been adopted in several countries, as well as in________of 50 U.S. states, including the District of Columbia.[2] Regulations vary from state to state, and there is no federal policy.
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- Together these thirty states account for more than 42 percent of the electricity sales in the United States.[3]
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- RPS mechanisms have tended to be most successful in stimulating new renewable energy capacity in the United States where they have been used in combination with federal _________(PTC). *
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- In periods, where PTC have been withdrawn the RPS alone has often proven to be insufficient stimulus to incentivise large volumes of capacity.*
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- National Renewable Energy Standards would help to ___________ the criterias for Renewable Energy across state lines this will allow participating companies make better business decisons on a national level.*
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- Under a_____________ eligible renewable electricity generators (which can include homeowners and businesses) are paid a premium price for any renewable electricity they produce. Typically regional or national electric grid utilities are obligated to take the electricity and pay them.[4]*
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- Many European Countries and the Province of Ontario Canada have switched from Renewable Energy Standards to what program?*
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- The Governor of What State would like to switch to Feed-In-Tariffs*
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