RPS
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- noun
- Formal
- At least 35 states or provinces in these countries have enacted RPS policies, more than half of these since 2003.
- an RPS policy
Examples
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The national RPS is special interest legislation for wind.
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Frank Wolak is quoted in today's LA Times about the electricity price implications of California's pursuit of a 33% RPS by the year 2020.
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Every state having its own RPS and tax code of incentives is maddening.
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Most RPS policies require renewable power shares in the range of 5-20 percent, typically by 2010 or 2012.
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The U.S. Senate has passed a federal RPS in recent past sessions but has had no support from either the House of Representatives or the executive branch.
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And Germany have committed to national RPS programs that require significant renewable production by 2020, 2030, and 2050.
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With a federal RPS containing a renewable target of at least 10 percent of electricity generation by 2020, the nation would be making a feasible and significant commitment toward sustainability.
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At the same time that California is ratcheting up its RPS standard, the federal government is winding down its green subsidies for wind turbines and big solar projects.
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The ten POUs cumulatively grew their sales of RPS-eligible, renewables-generated retail electricity from 4.1 percent in 2003 to 18.8 percent in 2010.
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According to the U.S. Department of Energy, several states implemented RPS policies to promote renewable energy sources.
Surface Forms
Etymology
RPS is short for the three words 'Renewable', 'Portfolio', and 'Standard' and refers to a government rule that asks for part of the electricity supply to come from 'green' sources like wind and solar. So an RPS pushes power companies to use more renewable energy.