Clean Energy Policy Basics States and local communities can
create policy strategies to help them achieve their clean energy
goals. To create effective strategies, it's helpful to
understand how to build a clean energy policy portfolio and the
different types of policies. Clean Energy Policy Portfolios
Single policies don't transform markets for a clean energy
economy in states and localities. The most effective approach is
to apply a suite of policies in succession—from policies that
prepare and create the market to those directed towards market
expansion and saturation. To build such a policy portfolio at
the state and local level, NREL analysts suggest using a
framework that considers: - Policy types - Different mixes of
technologies. For more information about NREL's suggested
framework, see State and Local Clean Energy Policy Primer:
Getting from Here to Clean Electricity with Policy. Clean Energy
Policy Types At the state and local level, the following
policies are designed to meet specific clean energy