State-Level Trends in Renewable Energy Procurement Via Solar Installation Versus Green Electricity

Abstract

In Recent Years, Options for Procuring Renewable Energy Have Increased, Ranging from Rooftop Solar Installation to Utility Green Pricing to Community Choice Aggregation. These Options Vary in Terms of Costs and Benefits to the Consumer as Well as Grid Integration Implications. However, Little is Known Regarding How the Presence of a Wide Range of Voluntary Utility-Scale Renewable Procurement Options as Well as their Growth Could Affect Adoption of Distributed Residential Solar. to Examine This Relationship, We Fit a Two-Stage Least Squares Random Effects Regression Model on Panel Data from 2016 to 2019 for All Fifty US States Plus the District of Columbia, Controlling for Variables that Measure State-Level Policies, Economic Factors, and Resource Availability. Although There Was No Evidence of a Strong Relationship between Demand for Utility-Scale and Distributed Options Across All States, the State-Level Correlations Suggest a Wide Variation between States Including a Positive, Zero or Negative Relationship between Utility-Scale and Distributed Generation.

Department(s)

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Second Department

Economics

Comments

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Grant G-2020-13916

Keywords and Phrases

Consumer demand; Distributed; Photovoltaic solar; Renewable energy; Utility-scale; Voluntary procurement

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1879-0682; 0960-1481

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2023 Elsevier, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Dec 2023

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