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Texas Energy Policy Landscape and Analysis

April 24, 2024
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Chen Lyu**, Sam Fleckenstein**, Zach Nerod**, University of Michigan
Texas has long been a leader in energy production. Blessed with windy, wide-open plains, ample sunshine and large oil and gas deposits, Texas has attracted leading entrepreneurs and companies that continue to drive investment and politics in the...
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Colorado Renewable Energy Policy Report

December 22, 2023
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Lanika Sanders**, Lanzhao Cheng**, Brooke Bulmash**, Upasana Roy**, University of Michigan
Amid the intensifying impacts of a changing climate and the need to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy presents a critical area of policy and planning that requires states to reconsider the energy policy status quo....
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Permissibility of Unlisted Zoning Uses Report

December 20, 2023
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Heather Kiningham**, Matt Sehrsweeney**, Larry Borum III**
Over the next several decades, the electricity grid is on track to transition away from reliance on fossil-fuel-burning power plants and toward renewable electricity generation, which will entail the siting and construction of utility-scale...
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Renewable Energy Policy in Oklahoma

December 12, 2023
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Izzy Beshouri**, Natalia Harris**, Jenna Stolzman**, University of Michigan
Over the last two decades, the state of Oklahoma has undergone a significant transition in its electricity generation mix. Notably, wind energy has emerged as a prominent source, contributing 44% of the state’s total net generation in 2022....
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Renewable Energy Portfolio: North Carolina

December 12, 2023
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Katherine Cafaro*, Marisol Mendez**, Evan Shea**, University of Michigan
The Southeastern state of North Carolina has a diverse landscape that can be separated into three parts, the Blue Ridge Mountains to the West, the Piedmont Plateau in the center where most of the state's population resides, and the Coastal Plain to...
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State of Washington Renewable Energy Policy Analysis Report

December 12, 2023
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Sophie Daudon**, Spencer Checkoway**, Caroline Resor**, University of Michigan
With historically strong governmental support in its climate goals, Washington looks to continue to be a leader in renewable energy policy and deployment. While the state could have rested on its nation-leading hydroelectric generation, Washington...
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Policies Affecting Renewable Energy in Illinois, USA

December 20, 2021
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Gus Cordero*, Kacey Eis*, Cecilia Garibay*, Tyler Orcutt*, University of Michigan
Like many other states, Illinois is moving toward decarbonizing its energy sector. A major part of this effort is shifting to renewable electricity  generation. As the nation’s third-largest net electricity supplier, Illinois’ energy sector...
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State of Michigan Renewable Energy Policy Analysis

December 20, 2021
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Christian Koch*, Nathan Legault*, Saif Ur Rehman*, Elizabeth Wallace*, University of Michigan
As market forces and policy interventions continue to facilitate a renewable energy transition, U.S. states are increasing their shares of renewable energy technologies. In recent years, Midwest states, such as Michigan – which have historically...
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Inventory of State Wind Property Tax Treatments

June 23, 2021
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Emma Uebelhor, Olivia Hintz, & Eli Gold
This study inventories the current property tax treatments for utility-scale wind developments across all 50 states. This inventory was created entirely with publicly available information from a variety of web-based sources and is accurate as of...
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Inventory of State Solar Property Tax Treatments

June 10, 2021
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Olivia Hintz, Emma Uebelhor, & Eli Gold
As solar development increases, states face new challenges in regulating and taxing solar facilities. To better understand an important piece of the current regulatory landscape for solar, this study inventories property tax treatment for...
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Solar Siting Authority Across the United States

February 18, 2021
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Elena Essa, Kristina Curtiss, Claire Dodinval
This report aims to understand the policy and regulatory landscape surrounding solar siting in the United States in the past, present and looking towards the future. The scope of this analysis includes siting for photovoltaic (PV) solar projects at...
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Electric Transmission Policy in the United States

December 31, 2020
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Eli Goldfarb*, Iqra Nasir*, Amanda Spinner*
This research paper outlines the prevailing narratives, discussion, and news coverage at the state and local level around investment in transmission, provides a review of the regional and federal policy and history of transmission systems, and...
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Utility Scale Renewable Energy Policy Landscape in New Mexico

December 31, 2020
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Amanda Farthing*, Matilda Kreider*, Bhavesh Rathod*, University of Michigan
In wind and solar resource potential, New Mexico is among the most endowed of the 50 states. While the state’s electricity sector has historically been dominated by coal, the passage of New Mexico’s first Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) in 2000,...
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Renewable Energy Policy in New York

August 18, 2020
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Samantha VanDyke*, University of Michigan
New York (NY) is located in the northeastern part of the United States (U.S.) and is home to the largest U.S. city. It is the 4th most populous state and also has the 3rd biggest economy in the U.S. New Yorkers consume less total energy per capita...
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Renewable Energy Policy in Texas

May 8, 2020
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Christopher Bowman*, Guy Packard*, Zach Pritchard*, University of Michigan
Despite voting Republican in every presidential election since Reagan, Texas was one of the first states to adopt a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and is now ranked third nationally in production of renewable energy, beaten only by California...
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Renewable Energy in the Cowboy State

January 1, 2020
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Kseniya Husak*, Jackie Wrage*, Malika Begum*, University of Michigan
The cowboy state of Wyoming more than lives up to its reputation as a rugged, big, beautiful place. Between Yosemite in the West and vast prairies in the East, stupendous mineral deposits and an undeniable presence of grit as well as independence,...
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Oregon: Landscape of Renewable Energy Policy

January 1, 2020
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Emily Blackmer*, Katherine Cunningham*, Zoe Fullem*, University of Michigan
With valuable wind and solar energy resources, a history of ranking in the top states for hydroelectric power, and a governor focused on climate change action, Oregon is poised to continue to be a leader in renewable deployment. The current state of...
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Renewable Energy Policy in Minnesota

January 1, 2020
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Sharon Hu*, Sacha-Rose Phillips*, Samantha VanDyke*, University of Michigan
Minnesota is forward-thinking when it comes to renewable energy policy. The state boasts a decently aggressive renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and has democratic leadership that is leading Minnesota to a clean energy future. Robust policies are...
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Renewable Energy in Iowa

January 1, 2020
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Austin Glass*, Karl Hoesch*, Nocona Sanders*, University of Michigan
Iowa is located in both the geographic center of the United States and at center stage for the nation’s energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables. For the last three decades, Iowa has been a national leader in wind energy despite relatively...
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California: Landscape of Renewable Energy Policy

January 1, 2020
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Molly Blondell*, Akshat Kasliwal*, Doug Noe*, Owen Watson*, University of Michigan
Californians have a strong history of environmentalism and progressive energy policies, dating back to the days of the gold rush. Some have posited that Californians care so much about the environment because they have had so much to lose from its...
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Dynamics of Climate Change Belief in Rural and Wind Turbine Communities

December 1, 2018
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Rio Mizuno**
As the most suitable sites for wind energy development, rural areas are integral to the growth of the renewable energy sector in the U.S. A crucial aspect of siting decisions lies in the opinions of the local community, for which environmental...
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The Durability of Carbon Cap‐and‐Trade Policy

April 1, 2015
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Barry Rabe
The surge of American states’ adoption of policies to mitigate climate change in the late 1990s and 2000s appeared to constitute a first wave of expanding use of market-based policy tools such as carbon cap-and-trade in the absence of binding...
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A Survey of Environmental Policies Among the States: 2015

March 1, 2015
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Heather Kirkpatrick
The purpose of this study is to begin to develop a comprehensive assessment of the relative activity of the US states in developing environmental policies. We did this by developing eleven policy categories varying across different environmental and...