Renewable Energy Investment Strategies for Southern Company
United States
Project Description
This paper presents a renewable energy compliance strategy and scenario plan for a US utility, taking into consideration shifts in technology costs, levels of carbon regulation, potential renewable energy portfolio standards, and changes in load demand, fuel costs, resource potential, and renewable energy credits. This analysis provides context of industry structure and function, peer utilities, economic drivers, outstanding policy issues, pending regulation, and the state of technology.
Year
2011
Project Status
Past Project
Client Organization
Southern Company
Students Involved
Abstoss, Nicolas
Hicks, Chris
Quibell, Michelle
Ritchey, Jennifer
Schofield, Alanya