Trendy solutions: Why do states adopt Sustainable Energy Portfolio Standards?

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Policy Tool Interactions and the Adoption of State Renewable Portfolio Standards (2012, background): “In addition, various studies have investigated the diffusion effects of state renewable energy policy, yet the results regarding the effects of policy diffusion on the adoption of RPS are inconsistent at best (Chandler, 2009; Matisoff, 2008; Stoutenborough & Beverlin, 2008).”
Evaluating Policies to Increase Electricity Generation from Renewable Energy (2012, background): “The fact that state RPS policies have been adopted for a variety of reasons is consistent with studies finding that multiple factors influence their political appeal (Chandler 2009; Lyon and Yin 2010).”
Funding Renewable Energy: An Analysis of Renewable Portfolio Standards (2017, background): “It has consistently been shown that political and economic factors can impact a state’s decision to implement an RPS (Upton and Snyder, 2015; Fowler and Breen, 2013; Chandler, 2009; Ming-Yuan et al., 2007; Lyon and Yin, 2010).”