People, Policy, & Finance / Energy Policy / Renewable Energy

Overview of Renewable Energy Policies

State and federal policies that encourage renewable energy projects play a crucial role in their development.   For more than 25 years, the federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) was the primary incentive tool for renewable electricity in the United States. Congress...

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People, Policy, & Finance / Energy Policy / Renewable Energy

The Renewable Energy Grant Fund

Soon after REAP was established, we set out to establish programs and policy to support renewable energy development in Alaska. In 2007, REAP brought the idea of a renewable energy grant fund to the legislature and in 2008 the legislature established the Renewable Energy...

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