RenewableS 2013 GlObal STaTUS RePORT - REN21

TABLE R14. CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES/STATES/PROVINCES ENACTING RPS/QUOTA POLICIES
Year Cumulative # Countries/States/Provinces Added That Year
1983 1 Iowa (USA)
1994 2 Minnesota (USA)
1996 3 Arizona (USA)
1997 6 Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada (USA)
1998 9 Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin (USA)
1999 12 New Jersey and Texas (USA); Italy
2000 13 New Mexico (USA)
2001 15 Flanders (Belgium); Australia
2002 18 California (USA); Wallonia (Belgium); United Kingdom
2003 21 Japan; Sweden; Maharashtra (India)
2004 34 Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, and Rhode Island (USA); Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Prince
Edward Island (Canada); Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Orissa (India); Poland
2005 38 District of Columbia, Delaware, and Montana (USA); Gujarat (India)
2006 39 Washington State (USA)
2007 44 Illinois, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Oregon (USA); Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
2008 51 Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio (USA); Chile; India; Philippines; Romania
2009 52 Kansas (USA)
2010 55 British Columbia (Canada); South Korea; Puerto Rico (USA)
2011 56 Israel
2012 58 China; Norway
2013
(early)
58
76 Total Existing
Note: “Cumulative number” refers to number of jurisdictions that had enacted RPS/Quota policies as of the given year. Jurisdictions are listed under year of
first policy enactment; many policies shown have been revised or renewed in subsequent years, and some policies shown may have been repealed or lapsed.
“Total existing” adds 18 jurisdictions believed to have RPS/Quota policies but whose year of enactment is not known (Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania,
Malaysia, Palau, Portugal, Romania, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, and the Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal). In the United States, there are 10 additional states/territories with policy goals that are not legally binding RPS
policies (Guam, Indiana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia). Three additional Canadian
provinces also have non-binding policy goals (Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec). The Italian RPS is being phased out according to new directives from the government
but it was still in place as of early 2013.
Source: See Endnote 14 for this section.
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