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OREP Policy Digest
Feed-In Tariff (FIT) policies for renewable energy (RE) have opened up the energy market and enabled millions of utility customers around the world to produce electricity from renewable resources and sell it to their utility for a reasonable profit. Now used in over 60 countries, FITs have proven the most effective policy mechanism to rapidly deploy RE. FITs are responsible for 75% of the world’s solar energy and 45% of its wind power. By attracting private investment, FITs have stimulated enormous job growth in the RE sector.
The OREP Policy Digest is a periodic publication of Oregonians for Renewable Energy Policy. In the Digest we share FIT news from around the globe, examine what makes FITs so effective, and the implementation challenges and opportunities we face in the U.S. and Oregon.
You are invited to read and pass on this information. We also welcome your feedback and contributions to future issues of the OREP Policy Digest.
2011 Archives
 October
International:
• Snapshot of Feed-in Tariffs around the World in 2011
• Deutsche Bank Examines German PV FITs: Gives Germany "Best-in-Classs" Rating for Transparency, Longevity, & Certainty
North America:
• Rhode Island Posts Proposed tariffs, Meets Deadline
• Nova Scotia Community Feed-in Tariffs To Launch September 19th
• Monopoly Energy or Energy Democracy
• Should California Simply Adopt German Solar Tariffs?
• How to Design Feed-in Tariffs in the USA without Fear of Federal Preemption
Oregon:
• Oregon's Solar Pilot Program: Snapshot of October 2011 Capacity Allocation
• Feed-in Tariffs or bidding: How Best to Assign Renewable Contracts
• Decentralizing the Energy Grid, OREP's first YouTube video
• OREP Monthly Conference Call Audio Recording: Ontario Canada's Feed-in Tariff, Adam Scott, Environmental Devence, Canada; August 24, 2011
• OREP Commentary: Tar Sands Oil or the Right FIT?
July
International:
• What FITs Could Do for Japan's Electricity ShortageNo Nukes, No Problem?
• Germany's Race for a Renewable Future;
• Malaysia Adopts Sophisticed System of Feed-in Tariffs
North America:
• California Study Finds Distributed Generation Worth Five Cents/kWh in Avoided Transmission Costs;
• Designing an Effective Feed-in Tariff for Greater Los Angeles - UCLA Report, Spring 2010
• Implementing FIT Programs: Comparative Analyses & Lessons Learned - UCLA Report, Spring 2011;
• New CA Governor Jerry Brown Calls for FITs to Develop Distributed Generation;
• Distributed Geothermal in CA Can Add 7% of Supply - What FIT Prices are Necessary?;
• Implementing the Gainseville FIT;
• Protecting Creation: SOlar PV at Religious Insitutions Driven by FITs
Oregon:
• Governor Kitzhaber's 2010 Campaign Proposed FITs to Keep Oregon Energy Dollars Here at Home
• OPUC Ruling Reduces Investor Certainty in the Solar Pilot Program; Solar, Solar Everywhere
• OREP Commentary: Paying for Oregon's Transition to Renewable Energy
March
International:
• Status of FITs in Europe 2010;
• Italian FITs Drive 3x More Solar PV Growth Than US;
• UK FIT Promotes Energy Conservation; British FITs Could Power Housing
North America:
• FIT For Ontario;
• Ontario FITs Rapidly Creating Solar Jobs;
• Ontario FIT Contracts Spur $9B in Private Investment;
• Solar in Ontario, 2011 Preview;
• NREL Policymaker's Guide to Feed-In Tariff Policy Design
Oregon:
• How Oregon's Solar Pilot Program Works;
• World Future Council Grades North American FIT Programs - California & Oregon Fail;
• How to Participate in Oregon's Solar Pilot Program
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