The FIT Coalition is a policy-driven advocacy organization whose members are dedicated to the deployment of renewable energy and its critical role in the nation’s low-carbon future. The Coalition fights for smart clean energy policies that foster growth within the industry while bringing massive levels of renewable energy online quickly and affordably.

Working on rooftop solar.
Solar Thermal Power in Bakerfield, CA
Windmills in WY

Renewable energy goals

California is a perfect example of RPS (Renewable Portfolio Standard) failure: Seven years after adopting a 20%-by-2010 RPS mandate, California's deployed renewable energy percentage has not changed!

California Legislators have realized that we need something new and so now, AB1106 is working its way through the Legislature. AB1106 is the bill that implements the REESA FIT and is currently the FIT Coalition's first priority.

Feed-in Tariffs

Feed-in tariffs have proved to be the most successful policy for accelerated deployment of renewable energy.

Several governments in Europe and Canada have implemented feed-in tariffs to meet their RPS goals. Last year, Germany alone added ten time more solar-generation capacity than the state of California, despite California having a solar resource 50% better than Germany's.

California vs Germany.

Feed-in-Tariff FORUM, Aspen, Colorado. March 15th. www.communityinpower.com

Crossing the Cleantech Divide, Palo Alto, CA. April 8-9. Hosted by Silicon Valley Bank (invite only)

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Presentations

Below are slides from presentations Craig Lewis has given on the benefits of Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) and Wholesale Distributed Grid (WDG) for incentivizing renewable energy deployment.

WDG FITs - Financing the Renewables Revolution Today (PDF)

FIT - Making the RPS Real (PDF)

WDG - The Big Opportunity (PDF)

Interested in one of Craig's talks but cannot make it to an upcoming venue, then watch Craig speak on FIT legislation for the State of California below.

 

Craig Lewis FIT & WDG presentation April 2009 from Joshua LaForge on Vimeo.

 Watch Ted Ko's interview on the FIT Coalition, Feed-in Tariffs, REESA, and AB1106.