The political economy of renewable portfolio standards in the United States

被引：29

作者：

Thombs, Ryan P. ^{[1
]}

Jorgenson, Andrew K. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Boston Coll, Dept Sociol, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 USA

[2] Boston Coll, Environm Studies Program, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 USA

来源：

ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE | 2020年 / 62卷

关键词：

Renewable Portfolio Standards; Renewable energy; United States; Event history analysis; Energy policy; Political economy; CARBON EMISSIONS; ENERGY; INEQUALITY; POLICIES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.erss.2019.101379

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

We investigate the political economy of Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) adoption, the most commonly used policy tool by U.S. states to curb greenhouse gas emissions. A growing body of research examines the drivers of RPS adoption, but this work has given scant attention to the ways in which the fossil fuel industry potentially moderates the effects of the other drivers of adoption. Therefore, we use discrete-time logistic regression analysis to estimate models of RPS adoption that include an interaction between fossil fuel production levels, and a commonly observed driver of adoption - state government ideology. We find that conservative, moderate, and liberal state governments are likely to adopt an RPS in states with no fossil fuel production. However, only moderate and liberal governments are likely to adopt in major fossil fuel producing states.

引用

页数：6

共 29 条

[1] American Public Power Association, 2018, RET EL RAT DER REG S
[2] Measuring Citizen and Government Ideology in the US States: A Re-appraisal
Berry, William D.
Fording, Richard C.
Ringquist, Evan J.
Hanson, Russell L.
Klarner, Carl E.
[J]. STATE POLITICS & POLICY QUARTERLY, 2010, 10 (02) : 119 - 137
[3] Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2019, DAT TABL CALC SUBJ
[4] Empirical evaluation of the stringency and design of renewable portfolio standards
Carley, Sanya
Davies, Lincoln L.
Spence, David B.
Zirogiannis, Nikolaos
[J]. NATURE ENERGY, 2018, 3 (09): : 754 - 763
[5] Trendy solutions: Why do states adopt Sustainable Energy Portfolio Standards?
Chandler, Jess
[J]. ENERGY POLICY, 2009, 37 (08) : 3274 - 3281
[6] US state policies for renewable energy: Context and effectiveness
Delmas, Magali A.
Montes-Sancho, Maria J.
[J]. ENERGY POLICY, 2011, 39 (05) : 2273 - 2288
[7] Eick J, 2015, W VIRGINIA BECOMES 1
[8] Energy Information Agency, 2019, STAT EN DAT SYST SED
[9] Fording R.C., 2012, STATE IDEOLOGY DATA
[10] Frank M.W., 2019, US STATE LEVEL INCOM

← 1 2 3 →