Front matter, including contents (29 KB)

Executive Summary (48 KB)

Introduction (153 KB)

Public Benefits of Renewable Energy Use--Why Switch? (139 KB)

• Environmental Benefits
• Economic Benefits of Reducing Environmental Impacts
• Nuclear Risks
• Diversity and Energy Security Benefits
• Economic Development Benefits
• Other Nontraditional Benefits

Costs and Benefits of Increasing Renewable Energy Use in the United States (36 KB)

• UCS Renewable Portfolio Standard Analysis
• Energy Information Administration RPS Analysis
• Energy Innovations Study
• Department of Energy Five-Laboratory Study

Barriers to the Use of Renewable Energy Technologies (60 KB)

• Commercialization Barriers
• Unequal Government Subsidies and Taxes
• Market Failure to Value Public Benefits of Renewables
• Market Barriers

Renewable Energy Policies -- 7 Ways to Switch (193 KB)

• Existing Policies
• Renewables Portfolio Standard
• Public Benefits Funding
• Net Metering
• Fair Transmission and Distribution Rules
• Fair Pollution Rules
• Consumer Information
• Putting Green Customer Demand to Work

Appendices

1. Renewable Energy Technology: Potential, Costs, and Market
2. The Renewables Portfolio Standard
3. Renewables Portfolio Standard: Implementation Status as of November 1998
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4. Public Benefits Trust Fund: Implementation Status as of November 1998
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5. Summary of State Net Metering Programs as of November 1998