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Featured Reports

Selected from from our Library of Green Power Publications

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Feature Report
Bird, L., C. Kreycik, and B. Friedman, 2009. Green Power Marketing in the United States: A Status Report (2008 Data), NREL/TP-6A2-46581. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, September. (PDF 880 KB)

Friedman, B. and M. Miller, 2009. Green Pricing Program Marketing Expenditures: Finding the Right Balance, NREL/TP-6A2-46449. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, September. (PDF 1.1 MB)

Environmental Tracking Network of North America (ETNNA), 2009. System Changes to Serve a Federal RES. June. (PDF 164 KB)

Natural Marketing Institute and Center for Resource Solutions, 2009. Unlocking The Power of Renewable Energy Certification To Build Credibility With Consumers. Center for Resource Solutions, June. (PDF 237 KB)

Bird, L., D. Hurlbut, P. Donohoo, K. Cory, and C. Kreycik, 2009. Examination of the Regional Supply and Demand Balance for Renewable Electricity in the United States through 2015. NREL/TP-6A2-45041. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, March. (PDF 889 KB)

Friedman, B., L. Bird, and G. Barbose, 2008. Considerations for Emerging Markets for Energy Savings Certificates, NREL/TP-670-44072. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October. (PDF 825 KB)

Bird, L., B. Swezey, and K. Cory, 2008. Renewable Energy Price-Stability Benefits in Utility Green Power Programs, NREL/TP-670-43532. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, August. (PDF 591 KB)

Bird, L., L. Dagher, and B. Swezey, 2007. Green Power Marketing in the United States: A Status Report (Tenth Edition), NREL/TP-670-42502. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, December. (PDF 2.1 MB)

Bird, L., E. Holt, and G. Carroll, 2007. Implications of Carbon Regulation for Green Power Markets, NREL/TP-640-41076. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, April. (PDF 982 KB)

Swezey, B., J. Aabakken, and L. Bird, 2007. A Preliminary Examination of the Supply and Demand Balance for Renewable Electricity, NREL/TP-670-42266. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October. (PDF 530 KB)

Bird, L. and M. Kaiser, 2007. Trends in Utility Green Pricing Programs (2006), 2007. NREL/TP-670-42287. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October. (PDF 786 KB)

Bird, L. and E. Lokey, 2007. Interaction of Compliance and Voluntary Renewable Energy Markets, NREL/ TP-670-42096. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October. (PDF 1.1 MB)

Proceedings from the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Markets and Challenges Workshop, 2007. Washington, DC. September 11.

Holt, E. and R. Wiser, 2007. The Treatment of Renewable Energy Certificates, Emissions Allowances, and Green Power Programs in State Renewables Portfolio Standards. Report prepared for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, April. LBNL-62574. (PDF 292 KB)

Bird, L. and B. Swezey, 2006. Green Power Marketing in the United States: A Status Report (Ninth Edition), NREL/TP-620-40904. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, November. (PDF 1.5 MB)

Bird, L. and E.S. Brown, 2006. Trends in Utility Green Pricing Programs (2005). NREL/TP-620-40777. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October. (PDF 812 KB)

Jenkins, J., 2006. Powerful Choices VI: A Survey of Retail Green Power Programs in the Pacific Northwest. Renewable Northwest Project, Portland, OR, September. (PDF 2.2 MB)

Hamrin, J., D. Lieberman, and M. Wingate, 2006. Regulator's Handbook on Renewable Energy Programs and Tariffs. San Francisco, California: The Center for Resource Solution, April. (PDF 587 KB)

Bird, L. and E.S. Brown, 2006. Utility-Marketer Partnerships: An Effective Strategy for Marketing Green Power?. NREL/TP-620-39730. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, April. (PDF 766 KB)

Holt, Ed, R. Wiser and M. Bolinger, 2006. Who Owns Renewable Energy Certificates? An Exploration of Policy Options and Practice. Report prepared for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, April. LBNL-59965. (PDF 376 KB)

Hanson, Craig, 2005. Corporate Guide to Green Power Markets (Installment 7): The Business Case for Using Renewable Energy. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC. (PDF 143 KB)

Holt, E.A. and L. Bird, 2005. Emerging Markets for Renewable Energy Certificates: Opportunities and Challenges. NREL/TP-620-37388. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, January. (PDF 1.5 MB)

Holt, E.A., and M. Holt, 2004. Green Pricing Resource Guide (2nd Edition). Ed Holt & Associates, Inc., Harpswell, Maine. Prepared for the American Wind Energy Association, Washington DC, September. (PDF 433 KB)

U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, World Resources Institute, Center for Resource Solutions, 2004. Guide to Purchasing Green Power: Renewable Electricity, Renewable Energy Certificates, and On-Site Renewable Generation. September. (PDF 960 KB)

Wiser, R. and S. Olsen, with L. Bird and B. Swezey, 2004. Utility Green Pricing Programs: A Statistical Analysis of Program Effectiveness. LBNL-54437. Report prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, February. (PDF 224 KB)

Lehr, R.L., W. Guild, D. Thomas, B. Swezey, 2003. Listening to Customers: How Deliberative Polling Helped Build 1,000 MW of New Renewable Energy Projects in Texas. NREL/TP-620-33177. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, June. (PDF 828 KB)

Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) and Utilities Transportation Commission (UTC), 2003. Green Power Programs in Washington: A Report to the Legislature. Olympia, WA, December. (MS Word 183 KB)

Center for Resource Solutions, 2003. Regulators Handbook on Tradable Renewable Certificates. San Francisco, California.

Swezey, B. and L. Bird, 2003. "Buying Green Power - You Really Can Make a Difference," Solar Today, Jan/Feb. (PDF 128 KB)

Bird, L., R. Wustenhagen, and J. Aabakken, 2002. Green Power Marketing Abroad: Recent Experience and Trends. NREL/TP-620-32155. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, April. (PDF 1.1 MB)

Wiser, R., M. Bolinger, E. Holt, and B. Swezey, 2001. Forecasting the Growth of Green Power Markets in the United States. NREL/TP-620-30101, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October. (PDF 1 MB)

Swezey, B. and L. Bird, 2001. Utility Green Pricing Programs: What Defines Success?. NREL/TP-620-29831, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, August. (PDF 1.1 MB)