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Renewable Goal Status: Unknown
- 2009 Estimated Qualified Renewable Generation: 1.2%[i]
- 2025 Renewable Goal: 20%
Renewable portfolio history: Legislature enacted The Energy Resource and Carbon Emission Reduction Initiative (SB 202) to establish the Renewable Portfolio Goal, which is voluntary, in March 2008. Utilities only need to pursue renewable energy to the extent that it is “cost-effective” to do so.[ii] Unlike most states, Utah’s goal has no interim targets. The first compliance year is 2025[iii]
Credit Trading: Yes
Noncompliance penalty: None
Electricity Price Ranking: 5th Lowest[iv]
- 6.81 cents/KWh in Utah
- 10.58 cents/KWh in mandated states
[i] Energy Information Administration, Electricity Generation 2009, http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/generation_state_mon.xls.
[ii] Database of state Incentives for Renewable Electricity, Utah. http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=UT13R&re=1&ee=1.
[iii] Database of state Incentives for Renewable Electricity, Utah. http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=UT13R&re=1&ee=1.
[iv] EIA, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.B., Average Retail Price of Electricity, June 2010, Released Sept. 15, 2010, http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_b.html.
