Massachusetts’ Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (APS) was established to complement the RPS Program, providing requirements and incentives for alternative electricity technologies. It provides incentives for Massachusetts businesses, institutions, and governments for installing eligible alternative energy systems and requires a certain percentage of the state’s electric
The New Jersey Renewable Portfolio Standard requires electric utilities to derive 50% of energy sales from Class I renewables and 2.5% from Class II renewables by 2030. Eligible Class I renewable energy sources include geothermal, landfill gas, solar, anaerobic digestion, and certain forms of sustainable
In Rhode Island, all public building construction (including schools) and public building renovation projects involving 40% or more of the building must achieve certain energy efficiency and green building standards. This requirement applies to structures of 10,000 sq. ft. or more.
Executive Order D 2022 016, signed by Governor Jared Polis in 2022, sets energy standards for public buildings in Colorado to meet the state’s renewable energy and GHG emissions reduction goals. It requires that all executive state agencies and departments ensure that at least 7%
Massachusetts has a Renewable Portfolio standard that requires utilities to produce 40% of sales by 2030 from Class I renewable sources, and another 1% annually thereafter. Class I sources include solar thermal electric, landfill gas, low-emission advanced biomass power conversion technologies, biogas, and geothermal energy.
Investor-owned utilities and rural distribution cooperatives must source 40% of total retail sales from renewable energy resources by 2025 and 50% by 2030. This standard increases to 80% by 2040 for investor-owned utilities, then to 100% of retail sales to be generated by zero-carbon resources
Texas has a set of energy efficiency goals and requirements for different state entities. political subdivisions, higher education institutions, and state agencies are required to decrease electricity use by 5% annually for 7 years from the 2019 baseline and implement all energy efficiency measures that
This bill, known as Senate Bill 22-118 (“Encourage Geothermal Energy Use”), modifies the solar energy statutory provisions so that they also apply to geothermal energy. These provisions include consumer education, limiting government charges and fees for installation, creating community geothermal gardens, specifies that a geothermal
The Maryland Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Program requires electricity suppliers to source 50% of their retail electricity sales by 2030 from renewable energy sources. Of this 50% of retail electricity sales, a minimum of 35.5% must come from Tier I resources, a minimum of 14.5%
The Nevada Public Utilities Commission found that it is in the public interest to adopt requirements for the procurement of energy storage by utilities. They set a target wherein 400 MW of energy storage (including thermal) must be deployed by December 31, 2024, 600 MW
