Expanding the Renewable Portfolio Standard for Michigan: A Study
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Jeremiah | |
dc.contributor.author | Novacheck, Josh | |
dc.contributor.author | Barteau, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Lyon, Thomas | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-23T16:59:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-23T16:59:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-01-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Johnson, Jeremiah, Josh Novacheck, Mark Barteau and Thomas Lyon. (2015) “Expanding the Renewable Portfolio Standard for Michigan: A Study.” University of Michigan Energy Institute: Ann Arbor 1-41. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/192123 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Twenty-nine states have binding Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), which have served as key drivers for renewable energy development. In 2008, Michigan adopted the Clean, Renewable, and Efficient Energy Act (P.A. 295), which requires 10% of retail sales to be met by qualified renewable sources by 2015. Through existing sources, new utility-owned generation, and power purchase agreements, this target is expected to be met. In 2012, Proposition 3 offered an amendment to Michigan’s Constitution mandating 25% renewables by 2025 in Michigan, with some cost containment measures. This proposal did not pass, leaving no further requirement for future renewable development in Michigan beyond 2015. Despite this loss, renewable energy advocates contend that an expanded RPS is an effective and worthwhile strategy to reduce environmental impacts from the power sector. The study provides a rigorous and neutral assessment of the impacts of expanding Michigan’s RPS on the state’s generation mix, emissions, and costs to rate payers. A comprehensive economic dispatch model was used to determine generator behavior and market energy prices, while a renewable revenue requirement model determined the lowest cost renewable technologies and sites needed to comply with the RPS targets. A wide array of scenarios, policy variations, and sensitivities are assessed to offer a robust picture of the impacts of expanding RPS under a variety of system assumptions and policy designs. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Expanding the Renewable Portfolio Standard for Michigan: A Study | en_US |
dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Environment and Sustainability, School for | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Natural Resources and Environment, School of | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Center for Sustainable Systems | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | College of Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Ross School of Business | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/192123/1/CSS15-11_Michigan RPS.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/22123 | |
dc.description.filedescription | Description of CSS15-11_Michigan RPS.pdf : Report | |
dc.description.depositor | SELF | en_US |
dc.working.doi | 10.7302/22123 | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Environment and Sustainability, School for (SEAS/SNRE) |
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