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Following in Footsteps or Marching Alone? How Institutional Differences Influence Renewable Energy Policy

Srinivas C. Parinandi
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In recent years, the federal government's increasing inability to address major societal challenges has arguably hampered America's commitment to renewable energy initiatives. Individual U.S. states have stepped into this void and adopted their own policies, leading some to believe that the states can propel America's renewable energy industry forward. However, we know little about how legislative and regulatory dynamics within America's states might accelerate or hinder renewable energy policy creation. 

In Following in Footsteps or Marching Alone?, Srinivas Parinandi explores how states have devised their own novel policies, and how the political workings of legislatures and public utilities commissions have impacted state renewable energy policy design. Through the meticulous study of nearly three decades of state-level renewable energy policy-making, he finds that their creation is primarily driven by legislatures, and that ideologically liberal legislatures largely push the envelope. The book suggests that having a predominantly state-driven renewable energy effort can lead to uneven and patchwork-based policy development outcomes, and a possible solution is to try to more successfully federalize these issues. Parinandi urges readers, scholars, and policy practitioners to consider whether a state-led effort is adequate enough to handle the task of building momentum for renewable energy in one of the world's largest electricity markets.

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Renewable Portfolio Standards in the U.S. States
  • Chapter 3. Identifying Invention in State Subpolicy
  • Chapter 4. Situating Legislative and Regulatory RPS Invention in Broader Context
  • Chapter 5. Liberal Ideology and Legislative Invention in Renewable Energy Policy
  • Chapter 6. Regulatory Invention and Deregulation
  • Chapter 7. Case Studies of Legislative and Regulatory RPS Invention
  • Chapter 8. Extending the Legislative Analysis to Anti-Abortion Policy
  • Chapter 9. Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Footnotes
  • References
  • Index
This book is available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) and the generous support of the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: openmonographs.org.
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Published: 2023
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license
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  • 978-0-472-90315-3 (open access)
  • 978-0-472-05582-1 (paper)
  • 978-0-472-07582-9 (hardcover)
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  • Political Science:Public Policy
  • Political Science:American Politics

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Chart of Trust in Federal versus State Government

Respondents Reporting a Great Deal of Trust in Government Solving Domestic Problems

From Chapter 1

Fig. 1. Respondents Reporting a “Great Deal” of Trust in Government Solving Domestic Problems Source: Public opinion data come from Gallup.

Timeline of State RPS Program Adoption

When States Initially Adopted RPS Programs

From Chapter 2

Fig. 2. When States Initially Adopted RPS Programs Source: Data on state adoption dates primarily comes from the Database on State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency.

Chart of How States Cumulatively Adopt Policy over Time

Cumulative Adoption Curve

From Chapter 2

Fig. 3. Cumulative Adoption Curve

Chart Showing How States Have Adopted RPS Programs

Adoptions by Institutional Actor

From Chapter 2

Fig. 4. Adoptions by Institutional Actor Source: Data on state adoption primarily comes from the Database on State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency.

Chart Showing How Government Ideology Varies across the U.S. States

Government ideology

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Fig. 5. Government Ideology Source: Data on government ideology comes from Berry et al. (1998).

Chart Showing How Government Ideology Influences State RPS Policy-­making

Comparison of Government Ideology on Legislative Invention and Borrowing

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Fig. 6. Comparison of Government Ideology on Legislative Invention and Borrowing Source: Data on government ideology comes from Berry et al. (1998). Data on state RPS adoption primarily comes from the Database on State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency.

Chart Showing How Electoral Vulnerability Influences State RPS Policy-­making

Comparison of Median Incumbent Vote Share on Legislative Invention and Borrowing

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Fig. 7. Comparison of Median Incumbent Vote Share on Legislative Invention and Borrowing Source: Data on electoral vulnerability comes from Klarner et al. (2013). Data on state RPS adoption primarily comes from the Database on State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency.

Map Showing Whether States Have Regulated or Deregulated Electricity Markets

Deregulated States, as of 2011

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Fig. 8. Deregulated States, as of 2011 Source: Data on market deregulation comes from Magali Delmas, Michael Russo, Maria Montes-Sancho, and ElectricChoice.com

Chart Showing How Market Deregulation Influences State RPS Policy-­making

Deregulation and Regulatory Invention

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Fig. 9. Deregulation and Regulatory Invention Source: Data on market deregulation comes from Delmas, Russo, and Montes-Sancho (2007), and ElectricChoice.com. Data on state RPS adoption primarily comes from the Database on State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency.

Chart Showing How Government Ideology Influences State Anti-­abortion Policy-­making

Comparison of Government Ideology on Anti-Abortion Legislative Invention and Borrowing

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Fig. 10. Comparison of Government Ideology on Anti-Abortion Legislative Invention and Borrowing Source: Data on abortion policy adoption comes from Kreitzer and Boehmke (2016). Data on government ideology comes from Berry et al. (1998).

Chart Showing How Electoral Vulnerability Influences State Anti-­abortion Policy-­making

Comparison of Median Incumbent Vote Share on Anti-Abortion Legislative Invention and Borrowing

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Fig. 11. Comparison of Median Incumbent Vote Share on Anti-Abortion Legislative Invention and Borrowing Source: Data on abortion policy adoption comes from Kreitzer and Boehmke (2016). Data on electoral vulnerability comes from Klarner et al. (2013).

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