A REVISED 50-STATE STATUS REPORT ON ELECTRIC RESTRUCTURING AND PUBLIC BENEFITS

Executive Summary

The electric utility industry in the United States continues to experience a period of substantial uncertainty and change. In order to help policymakers, advocates, and other interested parties keep track of recent developments, ACEEE has updated its 1998 study and produced the current report, which provides the latest available information on the status of electric utility restructuring and public benefits programs in the fifty states and the District of Columbia.

A concise summary of state policy activity regarding electric restructuring is presented, along with (for those states that have restructured) a summary of activity in the public benefits categories of research and development, energy efficiency, direct renewable energy funding, renewable portfolio standards, low-income programs, and environmental disclosure. An appendix provides a detailed state-by-state description of the status and background of electric restructuring for each of the states. Those state summaries also describe the scope, funding, administration and duration of any public benefits programs, as well as other public benefits-related policies such as renewable portfolio standards and environmental disclosure requirements.

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