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Fostering renewable electricity markets in North America [electronic resource] / [written by Meredith Wingate ... et al.].

Wingate, Meredith. (Added Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (Added Author). Coherent Digital (Firm) (Added Author). Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec) (Added Author).

Summary:

The purpose of this paper is to assist governments of the three North American countries in supporting renewable electricity development by addressing informational and transactional barriers that add to renewable electricity costs, and by more actively assisting with policy implementation. This paper provides an overview of the key market demand and supply-side drivers for renewable electricity in each of the three North American countries. The paper identifies regulatory mandates, voluntary purchases, self-supply and financial incentives as the most important drivers of a renewable electricity market in North America today. The authors then explore the opportunities for growing the renewable electricity market in each of the three countries. This paper concludes with a series of brief recommendations for the market overall and for the Parties of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) to help foster a North American renewable electricity future.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 electronic text (vi, 64 p.) : col. ill., maps, digital file.
Publisher: Montréal, Qué. : Commission for Environmental Cooperation, c2007

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General Note:	"April 2007". CatMonthString:january.23 Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-64).
Formatted Contents Note:	Abbreviations and acronyms. References. Section I. Introduction. 1.1. Current policy framework for renewable electricity in Canada -- 1.2. Current policy framework for renewable electricity in the United States -- 1.3. Current policy framework for renewable electricity in Mexico -- 1.4. Electricity generation in North America. Section II. Current renewable electricity market demand drivers. 2.1. Regulatory and voluntary drivers. 2.1.1. Canada ; 2.1.2. United States ; 2.1.3. Mexico ; 2.1.4. Summary of cumulative demand from existing mandates 2005-2017 -- 2.2. voluntary market drivers: green pricing, renewable electricity Marketing, recs and voluntary carbon reduction. 2.2.1. Canada ; 2.2.2. United States ; 2.2.3. Mexico ; 2.2.4. Summary of cumulative voluntary demand in North America -- 2.3. Government procurement. 2.3.1. Canada ; 2.3.2. United States ; 2.3.3. Mexico -- 2.4. Other demand drivers. 2.4.1. United States. Section III. Analysis of supply-side drivers. 3.1. Self-supply, on-site distributed generation and off-grid generation. 3.1.1. Canada ; 3.1.2. United States ; 3.1.3. Mexico -- 3.2. Other market supply drivers. 3.2.1. Canada ; 3.2.2. United States ; 3.2.3. Mexico. Section IV. Regulatory and legal opportunities in Mexico. 4.1. The LAFRE bill and Article 253-B -- 4.2 The potential effects of the LAFRE bill. 4.2.1. Regulatory mandate ; 4.2.2. Voluntary green pricing scheme ; 4.2.3. Large-scale grid-connected ; 4.2.4. Small-scale grid-connected self-supply ; 4.2.5. Off-grid self-supply ; 4.2.6. Other instruments -- 4.3. Wind power environmental standard. Section V. Opportunities for growing the renewable electricity market. 5.1. Canada. 5.1.1. Financial incentives ; 5.1.2. Address regulatory issues / institutional barriers ; 5.1.3. Develop capacities / engage Canadians -- 5.2. United States. 5.2.1. Advancing industrial, commercial, and institutional procurement ; 5.2.2. Financial incentives ; 5.2.3. Maintaining effective state RPS programs ; 5.2.4. Expanding public understanding of renewable electricity beyond the environment -- 5.3. Mexico. 5.3.1. Opportunities in CFE's expansion planning process ; 5.3.2. Opportunities in green pricing schemes ; 5.3.3. Opportunities for government procurement of renewable electricity ; 5.3.4. Supply-side opportunities to increase grid-connected renewable electricity in Mexico ; 5.3.5. Opportunities to increase on-grid self-supply of renewable electricity in Mexico ; 5.3.6. Opportunities to increase off-grid self-supply of renewable electricity in Mexico. Section VI. Recommendations. 6.1 Recommendations for the NAAEC parties.
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