Washington, D.C., Passes RPS

The Council of the District of Columbia has enacted a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) that applies to all retail electricity sales in Washington, D.C. The two-tiered system establishes yearly benchmarks for tier-one and tier-two resources. By 2022, all utilities must generate 11% of their electricity from tier-one resources, including solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, geothermal, and ocean technologies, as well as fuel cells using another tier-one electricity source. Tier-two energy sources include hydroelectric power and waste-to-energy operations. More information, including a link to the standard, is available at www.dsireusa.org.