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Resources for the Best Practices: State Clean Energy Policies Analysis Project

The following provides information on upcoming activities and relevant publications for the Best Practices: State Clean Energy Policies Analysis (SCEPA) project, a collaborative effort to better understand the environmental, economic, and energy security impacts of state policies using a uniform methodology.

Technical Committee Meetings

The following presentations were given at past Technical Committee meetings. For more on the committee, see the main SCEPA page.

Webcasts

The following Webcasts provide updates on the progress of the project, including analysis outcomes.

  • Fourth quarter 2007: November 29, 2007 (PowerPoint 607 KB)

  • First quarter 2008: January 29, 2008 (PowerPoint 2.8 MB)

    This Webcast highlighted initial project results and presented impact measurements for the following policies:

    1. Energy efficient resource standards (EERS)
    2. Renewable portfolio standards (RPS)
    3. Renewable fuels standards (RFS)

  • Third quarter 2008: August 27, 2008 (Powerpoint 1.1 MB)

    This Webcast highlighted project results and presented impact measurements for the following policies:

    1. SCEPA project overview
    2. State Renewable Energy Scorecard
    3. Renewable energy tax incentives (personal and corporate)
    4. Energy efficiency update

  • Fourth quarter 2008: TBD

Reports and Project Documents

The following documents provide background on the project, timelines, and other useful information.