Renewable energy 0 + + – policies No new RPS mandates or Strong policies to support Existing incentives Strong policies to support incentives, but no renewables as allowed to expire and renewables as clean, retrenchment from resources current RPS targets are secure, domestic resources existing policies relaxed or delayed due to concerns about cost Transmission and 0 + 0 + standards No major initiatives to New initiatives to increase No major initiatives to New initiatives to increase increase transmission transmission investment increase transmission transmission investment and investment or coordinated and enhance coordinated investment or coordinated enhance coordinated operations operations and planning operations operations and planning to as part of GHG reduction increase use plan of domestic resources Federal R&D/ 0 + + – technology No major federal Major new federal Reduced budgets for R&D Major new federal initiatives support initiatives to jump-start due to lower tax revenues to increase our ability to R&D initiatives technologies needed to and federal spending cuts cost-effectively utilize clean, transition away from fossil domestic resources energy Transportation 0 ++ + – policies No major initiatives to Strong policies to Reduction of existing Moderate new policies to increase increase use of electric efforts to increase use of increase use of electric and vehicles as GHG alternative fuels use of alternative fuels natural gas vehicles
Renewable energy policies 0 No new RPS mandates or incentives, but no retrenchment from existing policies + Strong policies to support renewables as resources – Existing incentives allowed to expire and current RPS targets are relaxed or delayed due to concerns about cost + Strong policies to support renewables as clean, secure, domestic resources Transmission and standards 0 No major initiatives to increase transmission investment or coordinated operations + New initiatives to increase transmission investment and enhance coordinated operations and planning as part of GHG reduction plan 0 No major initiatives to increase transmission investment or coordinated operations + New initiatives to increase transmission investment and enhance coordinated operations and planning to increase use of domestic resources Federal R&D/ technology support 0 No major federal R&D initiatives + Major new federal initiatives to jump-start technologies needed to transition away from fossil energy – Reduced budgets for R&D due to lower tax revenues and federal spending cuts + Major new federal initiatives to increase our ability to cost-effectively utilize clean, domestic resources Transportation policies 0 No major initiatives to increase use of alternative fuels ++ Strong policies to increase use of electric vehicles as GHG – Reduction of existing efforts to increase use of alternative fuels + Moderate new policies to increase use of electric and natural gas vehicles
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