Columbia Graduate Consultants Release REPs Campaign Research Report

The Columbia University team of 12 consultants has completed their policy analysis workshop in collaboration with the ARE. To strengthen ARE’s renewable energy payments (REPs) campaign in the U.S., the team has compiled a final report entitled: “Renewable Energy Payments: A Policy Guide to Feed-in Tariffs in America” that captures research findings and analyses from the past 4 months.

In this workshop the consultants have integrated their professional experience and academic backgrounds to:

·      Design a research methodology,

·      Reach out to stakeholders, including federal and state policy makers, utilities, and businesses,

·      Provide newsfeeds on the ARE website,

·      Update REPs campaign action kits, and

·      Make recommendations to ARE to bolster their campaign

These efforts to add value to ARE’s ongoing campaign are summarized into a final report with the following additional features:

·      A “Green Standard” to implement REPs that includes key policy considerations and implications for program designs

·      Case studies that discuss the compatibility of REPs with the current U.S. energy policy agenda

·      Social and economic benefits analyses of REPs policies, e.g. job creation and investment security

·      REP public comment/legislative proceeding reviews and subsequent analyses on a broad sample of states with diverse energy profiles and political backgrounds

Download Columbia_Final_REP_Report_042909

To reference this report, please include the following citation information:

Authors: Columbia University MPA-ESP Spring 2009 REPs Workshop Team

Title: Renewable Energy Payments: A Policy Guide to Feed-in Tariffs in America

Release Date: April 2009

Source: EarthAction/Alliance for Renewable Energy

For inquiries, please contact the workshop management team, Nathalie Chalmers (n.chalmers@gmail.com) and Ellie Tang (etellie@gmail.com)