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Green Pricing

Asmus, P. "Customers Across Country Choose Green Power," Clean Power Journal, Special Earthday Edition, 1997.

Baugh, K., B. Byrnes, K. Jones and M. Rahimzedah "Green Pricing: Removing the Guesswork," Public Utilities Fortnightly, 133 (15): 26-28, 1995.

Bird, L. and M. Kaiser, 2007. Trends in Utility Green Pricing Programs (2006), NREL/TP-670-42287. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October. (PDF 786 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., B. Swezey, and J. Aabakken, 2004. Utility Green Pricing Programs: Design, Implementation, and Consumer Response, NREL/TP-620-35618. Golden CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, February. (PDF 612 KB)

Bird, L. and E. Brown, 2005. Trends in Utility Green Pricing Programs (2004), NREL/TP-620-38800. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October. (PDF 858 KB)

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)

Bird, L. and K. Cardinal, 2004. Trends in Utility Green Pricing Programs (2003), NREL/TP-620-36833. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, September. (PDF 898 KB)

Bolding, Këri. "Best Practices in Marketing Green Pricing Programs," Center for Resource Solutions and American Public Power Association. November 2003.

Byrnes. B., M. Rahimzadeh, K. Baugh and C. Jones Caution: Renewable Energy Fog Ahead! Shedding Light on the Marketability of Renewables. Paper presented at Profits in the Public Interest: NARUC-DOE Conference on Renewables and Sustainable Energy Strategies in a Competitive Market, Madison, Wis., May 7-10, 1995.

Carrier, J. "Green Energy an Option." Denver Post, June 19, C1, 1996. (PDF 104 KB)

Eber, K. Green Pricing Opens New Markets for Renewables. This paper provided the basis for an article published in Electrical World, September 1995.

Edison Electric Institute "The 'Green Pricing' Evolution, A Niche Market Is Developing for Electricity Generated with Renewables," EEI Marketing Electricity Today, 3(1), January 1997.

Etra, D. Powerful Choices IV: A Survey of Retail Green Power Programs in the Pacific Northwest, Renewable Northwest Project, Portland, OR, August 2003. (PDF 644 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)

Gibbs, W.W. "Change in the Wind," Scientific American, (October): 46, 1997.

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)

Harris, N. Powerful Choices III: A Survey of Retail Green Power Programs in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond, Renewable Northwest Project, Portland, OR, August 2002.

Holt, E. A. Green Pricing Experience and Lessons Learned. 1996 ACEEE Summer Study, August 1996. (PDF 152 KB)

Holt, E.A. Green Pricing Resource Guide (PDF 586 KB), Regulatory Assistance Project, Gardiner, Maine, February 1997.

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, 2004. (PDF 433 KB)

Irvine, L. Powerful Choices: A Survey of Retail Green Power Programs in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond, Renewable Northwest Project, Portland, OR, August 2000.

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)

Johannesen, R. Solar for Schools - Demonstration Project Overview, 1995.

Johannesen, R. and S. Kanellopoulos Solar for Schools: An Inherently Cost-Effective Demand Side Management Strategy, 1995.

Kerber, R. "For Sale: Environmentally Correct Electricity," Wall Street Journal, July 23, 1997, pp. B1 & B5.

Lamarre, L. "Utility Customers Go for the Green," EPRI Journal, (March/April): 7-15, 1997.

Lieberman, D. Green Pricing at Public Utilities: A How-To Guide Based on Lessons Learned to Date, Prepared for the Public Renewables Partnership by the Center for Resource Solutions, San Francisco, California, October 2002 (PDF 830 KB)

M. Tennis, P. Jefferiss, and S. Clemmer, Cooperative Wind: How Co-ops and Advocates Expanded Wind Power in Minnesota, Renewable Energy Policy Project, External Publication No. 2, April 1998.

Massy, J. "UK Reveals Good and Bad in Green Pricing," Wind Power Monthly, (July): 34-36, 1997.

Moore, E. Powerful Choices II: A Survey of Retail Green Power Programs in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond, Renewable Northwest Project, Portland, OR, September 2001.

Moskovitz, D. "Green Pricing: Customer Choice Moves Beyond IRP." Electricity Journal. 6 (8): 42-50, 1993.

Moskovitz, D. Green Pricing: Experience and Lessons Learned. Gardiner, ME: Regulatory Assistance Project, 1993.

Osborn, D. and D. Collier Utility Grid-Connected Distributed Power Systems. Paper presented at the National Solar Energy Conference, ASES Solar '96, Asheville, NC, April 1996. (PDF 836 KB)

Osborn, D. and D. Collier The Sustained Orderly Development of Utility, Grid-Connected Photovoltaics. Paper presented at 1st International Conference on Solar Electric Buildings, Boston, MA, March 1996.

Q4 Associates and TecMRKT Works. The Fort Collins Wind Power Pilot Program: Who Subscribed and Why?. Prepared for the City of Fort Collins Utilities, Fall 1999.

Regulatory Assistance Project, Green Pricing Newsletter, No. 2, May 1995. (PDF 175 KB)

Regulatory Assistance Project, Green Pricing Newsletter, No. 3, April 1996. (PDF 172 KB)

Regulatory Assistance Project, Green Pricing Newsletter, No. 4, October 1996. (PDF 176 KB)

Regulatory Assistance Project, Green Power Newsletter, No. 5, May 1997. (PDF 174 KB)

Regulatory Assistance Project, Green Pricing Newsletter, No. 6, March 1998. (PDF 191 KB)

Regulatory Assistance Project, Green Pricing Newsletter, No. 7, April 1999. (PDF 1.5 MB)

"Renewable Energy Powers Renewable Energy Lab, Employees." National Renewable Energy Laboratory, July 9, 1997, news release. (PDF 72 KB)

Ryals, Cindy, 2005. Powerful Choices V: A Survey of Retail Green Power Programs in the Pacific Northwest, Renewable Northwest Project, Portland, OR, July. (PDF 2.1 MB)

Swezey, B.G. and T.M. Peterson Summary of the Second DOE/EPRI Green Pricing and Green Power Marketing Conference, 1997.

Swezey, B. "Utility Green Pricing Programs: Market Evolution or Devolution?", Solar Today, (January/February): 21-23, 1997. (PDF 240 KB)

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

Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) and Utilities Transportation Commission (UTC), 2005. Green Power Programs in Washington: A Report to the Legislature. Olympia, WA, December. (PDF 165 KB)

Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) and Utilities Transportation Commission (UTC), 2006. Green Power Programs in Washington: A Report to the Legislature. Olympia, WA, December. (PDF 136 KB)

Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) and Utilities Transportation Commission (UTC), 2004. Green Power Programs in Washington: A Report to the Legislature. Olympia, WA, December. (PDF 912 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.

Wind Energy Weekly. "Green Pricing Concept Gains Ground; Issues Remain. Ultimate Value of Green Marketing Plans Will Depend on Competition, Says AWEA." (May 26): 1-3, 1997.

Wisconsin State Journal, "Customers Need Choice of Renewable Energy", December 18, 1997.

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

Wright, L. "Pollution Prevention by Customer Choice: The Green Pricing Option."

 

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