Who Owns Renewable Energy Certificates? An Exploration of PolicyOptions and Practice

LBNL-59965 E RNEST O RLANDO L AWRENCE B ERKELEY N ATIONAL L ABORATORY Who Owns Renewable Energy Certificates? An Exploration of Policy Options and Practice Edward A. Holt Ed Holt & Associates, Inc. Ryan Wiser and Mark Bolinger Environmental Energy Technologies Division April 2006 The work described in this paper was funded by the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (Electric Markets Technical Assistance Program) of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.