Sustainable Energy Advantage publishes a wide range of analyses, memorandums, reports, and thought-leadership pieces that showcase the depth and breadth of our work across clean energy markets. These publications highlight how our expert team helps clients navigate policy, market developments, and strategic opportunities in a rapidly evolving energy landscape. Explore our latest work below, and if you’re seeking tailored insights or support for your organization, we welcome you to contact us to discuss how we can help.
2025 Review of New Hampshire’s Renewable Portfolio Standard
Sustainable Energy Advantage prepared this comprehensive review for the New Hampshire Department of Energy to assess the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and its role in shaping a cost-effective, sustainable energy future. The report examines RPS market dynamics, evaluates Class III biomass and landfill gas targets, models ratepayer impacts under various policy scenarios, and explores options such as a Clean Energy Standard and multi-year contracting. Together, these insights provide a clear roadmap for policymakers seeking to strengthen renewable energy markets and advance New Hampshire’s clean energy goals.
2025 Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Memorandum
Prepared for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, this analysis by Sustainable Energy Advantage and Synapse Energy Economics evaluates how the proposed Energy Affordability, Independence, and Innovation Act (H.4144) would impact Massachusetts ratepayers. The report estimates that the Act could save electric and gas customers $11.6–$14.4 billion between 2026 and 2035 by modernizing energy infrastructure, streamlining permitting, phasing out legacy programs, and enabling cost-effective clean energy procurement. It also highlights significant long-term savings beyond 2035 from provisions supporting flexible interconnection, comprehensive grid planning, and expanded clean energy investment.
This report is a comprehensive policy guide for states designing or updating Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). Prepared by the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) for the State-Federal RPS Collaborative and NARUC, the report examines how policymakers can align RPS structures with energy, environmental, economic, and political goals. It emphasizes that there is no universal “best” RPS design — successful policies must reflect each state’s market conditions, resources, and priorities.
The report also builds upon earlier Vermont-focused work involving Sustainable Energy Advantage contributors Jason Gifford and Robert Grace, reinforcing SEA’s long-standing involvement in RPS and REC market policy development.
2011 When Renewable Energy Policy Objectives Conflict: A Guide for Policymakers
This report examines the inherent tensions in state-level renewable energy policy when multiple objectives, such as achieving least-cost procurement for ratepayers, supporting emerging technologies, fostering local economic development, and diversifying the renewable mix, pull in different directions. The report explains how traditional renewable portfolio standards (RPS) that emphasize cost-effectiveness often clash with “tilt” objectives that favor specific local or technological outcomes, and it illustrates these conflicts through detailed state case studies. It then offers a structured analytical framework and practical guidance to help policymakers define priorities, balance trade-offs, and design clearer, more predictable renewable energy policies that align with broader goals without undermining economic efficiency.
2011 Analysis of Renewable Energy Policy Options in Vermont
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) policy design, Renewable Energy Credit (REC) markets, and renewable energy development strategies in New England, with a particular focus on Vermont and the broader ISO-New England region. The study evaluates how different policy structures influence renewable energy deployment, market costs, emissions reductions, and long-term market stability.
2004 Evaluating Experience with Renewables Portfolio Standards in the United States
Prepared by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), this report provides one of the earliest comprehensive evaluations of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) policies in the United States. The study examines how RPS programs were being implemented across 13 U.S. states and evaluates their effectiveness in driving renewable energy development, market transformation, and policy outcomes.
2003 Evaluating State Renewables Portfolio Standards: A Focus on Geothermal Energy
This report examines how state-level Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) policies can support renewable energy development, with a specific focus on geothermal energy. Prepared for the National Geothermal Collaborative (NGC), the study evaluates early RPS programs across the United States and identifies best practices, design challenges, and opportunities for geothermal energy integration.
