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Renewable Portfolio Standards

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-023846

A renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requires electric utilities and other retail electricity providers to supply a specified minimum percentage (or absolute amount) of customer load with eligible sources of renewable electricity (e.g., 20 percent by 2015).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-023846
FieldEnvironment
SubjectClimate change
AbbreviationRPS
ReferencesState and Regional Policy Tracking Definitions
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023846",
  "term": "Renewable Portfolio Standards",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requires electric utilities and other retail electricity providers to supply a specified minimum percentage (or absolute amount) of customer load with eligible sources of renewable electricity (e.g., 20 percent by 2015).",
  "abbreviation": "RPS",
  "subject": "Climate change",
  "references": [
    "State and Regional Policy Tracking Definitions"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/renewable-portfolio-standards/"
}

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