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Potential Solar Consumers' Understanding Of Energy Policy Development In HawaiâI, Kristin Li Mcgill
Potential Solar Consumers' Understanding Of Energy Policy Development In HawaiâI, Kristin Li Mcgill
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Hawaiâi has implemented renewable energy goals that assume continued investments by solar consumers who seem unaware of their role in the policy's success. Without the renewable resource generation that will come from these investments, the state will be unable to achieve its energy mandate. Using Sabatier and Jenkins-Smith's advocacy coalition framework and Ajzen's theory of planned behavior as the foundation, the purpose of this study was to better understand the perspectives of potential solar consumers on the Island of Oâahu regarding the state's renewable portfolio standards, their level of knowledge regarding consumer impact on this policy, and their perceptions of …