Most electricity issues have been traditionally decided at the state, not federal, level.
Click on the links below to view and download summary tables with detailed design descriptions, as well as information on the latest legislative and regulatory status, for four of the more popular policies being adopted around the country today to promote renewable energy technologies.
In addition, in April 2007 UCS launched the Renewable Electricity Standards Toolkit, a comprehensive resource on state-level renewable electricity standard policy where you can find both summary-level and in-depth information on the design and implementation of each existing state standard.