State level treatment of renewable energy

EERE produced a document about 18 months ago summarizing the state-level incentives for renewable energy. It’s a little far afield for me, but makes an essential point that the policies are varied, conflicting, and frequently internally inconsistent.

Key sentence from the executive summary: “At a minimum, definitional clarity should be sought.”

Good policy requires good science. Understand what you want to achieve, understand the science required, then write the statute. I’m looking at you, DC Green Building Code (and here).

http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/ems/reports/62574.pdf