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The state of feed-in tariff policy is rapidly evolving in Oregon, nationally and internationally. This resource will keep you up-to-date with what's new both in OREP and on our website. We encourage you to check back regularly as new postings become available, you'll usually find them here first.

February 2012
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US FIT News

Community Choice Aggregation Lets Cities Buy (Cleaner and Local) Electricity in Bulk; John Farrell, Renewable Energy World, February 22, 2012

Energy & Climate Change

Pacific NW Energy Infrastructure
Why Oregon imports power from fossil fuels and exports renewable energy
; Cassandra Profita, Oregon Public Broadcasting: Ecotrope, June 1, 2011

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US FIT News

Ground-truth: Do We Need To Destroy the Desert To Fight Climate Change?; Ceal Smith, Renwewable Energy World, February 16, 2012 (also to be posted under Energy & Climate Change)

Feed-In Tariff for PV in Palo Alto, Calif. Imminent; Eric Wesoff, greentechSolar, February 13, 2012

Energy & Climate Change

Hourly Electricity Pricing Boosts Value of Distributed Solar by 33 Percent; John Farrell, Renewable Energy World, January 31, 2012

Community Power
Tribal Renewable Energy Projects: Balance Opportunity with Caution
; Nancy J. Appleby Esq., Appleby Law PLLC, Renewable Energy World, February 20, 2012

Obama's Renewable-Energy Plan: Let's Raise the Roof; Jesse Morris, Rocky Mountain Institute, January 27, 2012

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World FIT News

Comments On Spain's Recent Renewable Energy Policy Decision; Diane Moss & Angelina Galiteva, Renewables 100 Policy Institute, Renewable Energy World, February 17, 2012

Clearing Up the Facts About Solar In Germany; Diane Moss & Angelina Galiteva, Renewables 100 Policy Institute, Renewable Energy World, February 16, 2012

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US FIT News

Iowa Considering Feed-in Tariffs; Paul Gipe, Contributor, Renewable Energy World, February 8, 2012

Reports

Harvesting Renewable Energy: German-American lessons learned on rural development; Neil Veilleux, Meister Consultants for Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America, July 2011

Community Power: Decentralized Renewable Energy in California; Al Weinrub, February 2011

Solar Sustained Vehicles (SSV): A Consumer's Solution to Protection in an Age of Oil Dependence, Economic Uncertainty, and Global Warming; Thomas E. Hoff, Clean Power Research, November 14, 2008 (Draft)

Economic Benefits of Performance-Based Incentives; Thomas E. Hoff, Clean Power Research and Robert M. Margolis, NREL, July 9, 2004

Energy & Climate Change

Clearing Up the Record on Solar Energy on Public Lands; Johanna Wald, Renewable Energy World, February 14, 2012

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US FIT News

California's Solar Gold Rush: Feed-In Tariffs and Complicated Politics; Herman K. Trabish, greentech:media, February 8, 2012

What do Rhode Island, Feed-in Tariffs, CREST, and Soccer All Have in Common?; Travis Louder, submitted to NREL January 19, 2012
(Note: Rhode Island used the CREST tool from NREL to determine FIT rates; see Reports below)

Energy & Climate Change

PACE Financing on the Rebound; Jeff St. John, greentech:enterprise, February 10, 2012

Death to PV Subsidies; Tim Keating, Renewable Energy World Contributor, February 3, 2012

Full cost accounting for the life cycle of coal; Epstein, P. R., et. al., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1219, February 2011

Bonneville Power Authority Map: Public, Tribal, and IOU Customers; January 2007 (3.8mb)

World FIT News

Nova Scotia Positioning itself as a Global Leader in Tidal Energy; Nova Scotia Department of Energy, February 14, 2012

Ontario Post Election: Is the Financing Market Ready?; Andrew Kinross and Jonathan Weisz, Renewable Energy World, February 9, 2012

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Reports

Renewable energy cost modeling: A Toolkit for establishing cost-based incentives in the United States (NREL/TP-49143); Gifford, J.S., Grace, R.C., & Rickerson, W.H., National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2011
  CREST Cost of Energy Models; NREL (Model software referenced in above report)

The German Feed-in Tariff for PV: Managing Volume Success with Price Response; Fulton, M. et al., DB Climate Change Advisors, May 2011

FITness Testing: Exploring the Myths and Misconceptions About Feed-in Tariff Policies; Laurent, C., Rickerson, W. & Flynn, H., World Future Council, 2010

OREP in the News; Reports

Resilience & Transformation: A Regional Approach; Ecotrust, Portland, OR, February 2012 (14.6mb)

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  • Average Oregonians producing renewable energy and earning a reasonable return on their investment
  • Farmers, ranchers, tribes, and rural communities harnessing Oregon's abundant and varied renewable resources (wind, solar, biogas, micro-hydro, etc)
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  • Local lenders and community members financing renewable energy projects in urban and rural Oregon communities, re-circulating energy dollars close to home
  • Renewable energy industries flourishing under consistent funding that is not tied to tax policy
  • A sustainable economy with family-wage, energy jobs throughout the state
  • Widespread voter support for a renewable energy plan that citizens participate in and benefit from directly

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