By Justin Barnes, Chelsea Barnes | GreenTech Media
Numerous schemes to scrap or diminish state renewable portfolio standard (RPS) policies have attracted a lot of national attention this year. Grim media forecasts for RPS policies, and the hefty renewables markets these policies facilitate, were not uncommon. These reports were worrisome to renewables supporters.
And for good reason. Meeting existing state RPS requirements will require 93,000 megawatts of new renewables capacity by 2035, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
That’s a lot of new renewables capacity. And a lot of investment.
Will state RPSs survive political attacks? Use the comment box at the end of the story.
Related: Proposed Coal Regs are Already Having ‘Chilling Impact’ in Some Corners
