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标题：Michigan's RPS ballot defeat: A policy failure or success?
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作者：Fei Li ; Barry D. Solomon ; Adam M. Wellstead 等
期刊名称：Energy Strategy Reviews
印刷版ISSN：2211-467X
出版年度：2014
卷号：5
页码：1-10
DOI：10.1016/j.esr.2014.10.002
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：Despite heavy reliance on fossil fuels, Michigan's electorate soundly defeated a Renewable Energy Amendment in 2012 (Proposal 3). The proposal would have mandated that 25% of its electricity come from renewable energy resources by 2025. Prior to the election the State had legislated a 10% goal of adopting more renewable energy into its electricity system through a renewable portfolio standard. Was the defeat a policy failure? This paper employs concepts from the policy failure literature to answer the question. We argue that a traditional policy evaluation such as cost-benefit analysis (CBA) needs to be considered along with broader “political” evaluations. CBA results are complemented with political analysis, which reveal the complexity of evaluating key energy strategies.
关键词：Cost-benefit analysis ; Michigan ; Policy failure ; Renewable energy ; Renewable portfolio standard