Public Utilities

Vermont’s Renewable Energy Standard

Requires utilities to reduce customers’ fossil fuel use through either electrification, efficiency, fuel switching, or storage. Requirement is 2% of a utility’s annual sales starting in 2017 and increasing by 0.67% annually, reaching 12% in 2032.

California Fuel Substitution Test

Determines how to demonstrate that an existing building measure does not 1) increase total source consumption or 2) adversely impact the environment when compared with the baseline measure using the original fuel.

Mississippi IRP Process

Requires utilities to consider distributed energy resources and demand-side management in addition to traditional supply-side resources.