The evidence is in and there is no sticker shock from states adding more clean energy to their power grid. A new study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory entitled “A Survey of State-Level Cost and Benefit Estimates of Renewable Portfolio Standards” analyzed the 29 states that have had Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) in place for more than five years. They concluded that through 2012, these states added 46,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacity, but they only raised electricity rates by an average of less than two percent. Read the rest of Nevermind the Naysayers, Switching to Renewable Energy is a Bargain for States Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: alternative energy , bargain , clean tech , cost of renewables , EPA carbon emission standards , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Obama carbon emissions standards , renewable energy , renewable portfolio standard , states
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Nevermind the Naysayers, Switching to Renewable Energy is a Bargain for States
