Study of Renewables Integration Costs for California's Renewables Portfolio Standard
LATEST NEWS |
10 Sep 2004 The California Energy Commission has released the Phase III study report.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/500-04-054.PDF
Overview |
California's recently-enacted Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) requires the state's investor-owned utilities (IOUs) to increase the renewable portion of their energy mix each year by at least 1% of total retail sales, with a goal of 20% renewable generation by 2017. Renewable generation projects will compete with each other to supply the IOUs, with the CPUC establishing a process to select the "least-cost, best-fit" projects. By June 30, 2003, the CPUC must adopt
... a process that provides criteria for the rank ordering and selection of least-cost and best-fit renewable resources to comply with the annual California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program obligations on a total cost basis. This process shall consider estimates of indirect costs associated with needed transmission investments and ongoing utility expenses resulting from integrating and operating eligible renewable energy resources.
The purpose of this study is to quantify the costs of integrating renewable generation into the electricity supply in California. The study will utilize actual data whenever practical, and will focus on additional system operating costs caused by renewable generators.
Mailing lists |
Although this web page will be updated regularly, interested parties can receive further information by subscribing to one of the following mailing lists.
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Relevant literature |
There is a large existing body of work relevant to this study. Some publicly available documents have been collected here.
