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Wind energy poised to help country meet clean energy goals
"Our country is pursuing a new energy vision, and transitioning to a new energy economy. This new policy landscape - and in particular, a focus on renewable energy - has made electric transmission policy one of the most important areas of emphasis at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)," said Aileen Roder, Senior Legal Advisor with FERC and a key speaker during the upcoming Midwest ...
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New York State Pursues Clean Energy Goals
ALBANY, New York (ENS) - New York Lt. Governor David Paterson will tour the state this week to promote the government’s new clean energy agenda. He will inspect current renewable energy facilities and report on how this industry can be expanded. Last week, Governor Eliot Spitzer announced a comprehensive plan for reducing energy costs and curbing pollution in New York State. The plan focuses ...
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City of Santa Barbara Progresses Toward 100% Clean Energy Goal
Renew Financial, a leading clean energy and home improvement finance company, announced that the City of Santa Barbara has joined the CaliforniaFIRST PACE financing program and will make the program available to City residents in the near future. This action is a crucial positive step toward Santa Barbara meeting its commendable goal of exclusively using renewable energy sources by 2030. ...
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California Energy Commission Adopts Renewable Energy Reports Showing Substantial Progress Toward Goals
With another sign that California is reaching its ambitious clean energy goals, the California Energy Commission recently (3/12) approved renewable energy reports covering 40 of the state's 44 publicly owned electric utilities (POUs). The Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) establishes intermediate targets for each multi-year compliance period. By the end of the 2014-2016 period, POUs had to ...
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PSC Directs Utilities to Submit Transmission Proposals That Support State's Clean Energy Goals
The New York State Public Service Commission this week (Sept 9) advanced the objectives of the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act, which requires the State's utilities to propose and plan for large-scale transmission and distribution projects that will help the State achieve its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) clean-energy targets at the least ...
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Biden Administration Announces $8.8 Million to Support Local Governments with Clean Energy Goals
The Biden Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy, announced this week (April 5) that applications are open for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Competitive Program. The EECBG Competitive Program will award $8.8 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to teams of local governments and state-recognized Tribes that are ineligible for the ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Launches $50 Million Program to Help Communities Meet Clean Energy Goals
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Jan 18) launched a new up to $50 million program to help communities across the country transition to clean energy systems that are reliable, affordable, equitable, and reflective of local priorities. The Clean Energy to Communities program (C2C) will connect local governments, electric utilities, community-based groups, and others with the innovative ...
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DCPSC Approves Next Set of Grid Modernization Recommendations
This week, the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia issued a decision approving the next set of grid modernization recommendations for the District of Columbia, in its grid modernization proceeding, Power Path DC (Formal Case No. 1130, Order No. 20364). The Order addresses the remaining recommendations from the Power Path DC stakeholder process, including: Enhancing data access ...
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NYISO Releases Short-Term Assessment of Reliability Report
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) this week released its quarterly assessment of reliability of the bulk electric system that examines changes during the grid in transition. The Short-Term Assessment of Reliability (STAR) studied the period of January 15, 2023, through January 15, 2028, and found that reliability margins in New York City could become deficient in 2025 due to ...
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Avista's Clean Energy Implementation Plan approved by WUTC
Avista Utilities, an operating division of Avista Corp., filed its first Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP) with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) in October 2021. Recently (June 16), the plan was approved by the WUTC. Avista was the first utility to file a CEIP in the State of Washington and the first investor-owned utility to reach approval. Avista's CEIP is a ...
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National Grid Files Plan to Build a Better Energy Future for Downstate New York
This week (April 28), National Grid filed its rate proposals to build a better energy future with the New York State Public Service Commission that will enable critical investments to support the state's clean energy goals, ensure the reliability and safe operation of the distribution networks and expand and enhance programs that support the company's 1.9 million customers in New York City and on ...
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ComEd Launches Three New Studies to Help Design the Power Grid to Support State's Clean Energy Goals
ComEd this week (June 20) announced it has launched three new studies to better understand the technical and community challenges and opportunities presented by the clean energy transition envisioned by the newly enacted Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA). "CEJA provides a roadmap to an equitable clean energy future for Illinois. The state's utilities must now plan and execute the investments ...
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National Grid Launches “SmartCharge Rhode Island” to Study EV Owners Charging Experience
National Grid Rhode Island recently launched an electric vehicle (EV) pilot initiative to gain greater insight on EV charging patterns across the state. “SmartCharge Rhode Island” is a two-year study to provide National Grid with more information to help prepare for the future adoption of electric vehicles. The program is being offered in partnership with FleetCarma, a division of ...
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Helping Puerto Rico Achieve 100% Renewable Energy by 2050
Researchers at Berkeley Lab are working with five other Department of Energy national labs to develop a roadmap for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to meet its 100% renewable energy mandate. A new Memorandum of Understanding, signed earlier this month between the Commonwealth and the federal government, kickstarts this "PR100 Study," a two-year project funded by FEMA to conduct a comprehensive ...
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Evolve at Molloy College - LI Energy Conference
EVOLVE at Long Island Energy Conference: The future of sustainability and affordable energy. The event was the second of two conferences that Schneps Media organized with sponsorship support from National Grid with the first being held in Downtown Brooklyn. The Long Island event featured 18 thought leaders in the fields of energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy who discussed how ...
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Exelon: Competitive Markets Can Achieve Clean Energy Goals at One-Fourth the Cost of Other Approaches
A new analysis by Exelon under its Exelon 2020 strategy finds that by letting competitive electricity markets work, the electric utility industry can slash harmful air pollutants for as little as one-quarter the cost of other politically popular approaches, such as subsidizing favored energy technologies. “The evidence is clear: Markets are delivering more than ...
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California clean water agencies champion clean energy initiative
The California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) is spearheading a statewide initiative to better educate the public, regulators, and local, state and federal leaders on the role they need to play in achieving new state and national clean energy goals. In Governor Jerry Brown's 2012 State of the State address, he called for "…a goal of 20,000 megawatts of renewable energy by ...
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Interior, Energy, EPA Commit to Cooperative Working Group to Achieve Shared Goals on Navajo Generating Station in Arizona
Today the Department of the Interior, Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency released a joint statement that lays out the agencies’ shared goals for Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and energy production in the region served by NGS. In the statement, the three agencies agree they will work together to support Arizona and tribal stakeholders in finding ways to produce ...
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PSE&G Gains Approval to Fast Track Grid Modernization Efforts
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities this week approved a settlement that will enable PSE&G to make investments that will provide the enhanced reliability customers now need and help New Jersey achieve its clean energy goals. With the approval of PSE&G's Infrastructure Advancement Program, the state's largest utility is expected to invest $511 million over four years, creating ...
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Minnesota Becomes the Latest State to Adopt Carbon-Free Electricity
With the signature this week (Feb 7) of Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota becomes the latest state to move towards a carbon-free electricity system. The state joins 21 other states where laws, executive orders, or board decisions set goals of 100% clean power no later than 2050. The District of Columbia and Puerto Rico also have such goals. The Minnesota law requires electric utilities to get 100% of ...
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