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Wind Solar Alliance Report Quantifies Impact Of Electricity Market Reforms
A new report from the Wind Solar Alliance (WSA) finds that electricity market reforms in the Midwest, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic could end up...
FERC Proposal Would ‘Effectively Gut’ PURPA, Says Commissioner
In a move being denounced by clean energy groups, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has proposed to "modernize" its regulations governing small power...
Lawmakers Propose Bill To Make Solar More Accessible For Low-Income Families
U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., leaders of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, have introduced legislation designed to make solar energy...
U.S. Senators Propose Bill To Streamline Solar Permitting
U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, have introduced a bill that would provide state and local governments with voluntary tools to...
SEIA Calls On FERC To Enforce Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has filed a proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to address what SEIA says are long-standing concerns with...
Report: U.S. Solar Has Grown 40-Fold Since 2009
Since 2009, the U.S. has increased its solar power generation 40-fold and upped its electric production from wind by more than 270%, according to...
Renewables Top Coal For Second Month In A Row
Renewable energy sources - biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind - accounted for more than a fifth (20.3%) of net domestic electrical generation during...
Five-Year Solar ITC Extension Proposed In House And Senate
Two companion bills have been introduced in the House and Senate to call for an extension of the solar investment tax credit (ITC).
The Renewable...
Bill Proposes Clean Energy Victory Bonds
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif., have introduced bicameral legislation to give Americans the opportunity...
Legislation Promotes Solar, Wind Development On Public Lands
U.S. Reps. Mike Levin, D-Calif., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., recently introduced the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act (PLREDA) of 2019, a bill to...
House Leaders Plot 100% Clean Energy Economy: ‘Ambitious But Necessary’
Democratic House committee leaders have announced a bold new plan to achieve a 100% clean economy by 2050.
The plan was introduced on Tuesday by...
SEIA Leads Industry-Wide Effort To Expand Solar ITC
Nearly 1,000 companies across the U.S. solar industry supply chain have sent a letter to Congress to call for the extension of the Section...
New Campaign Lets Solar Supporters Send Postcards To Elected Officials
Vote Solar and Solar United Neighbors, two U.S. solar advocacy organizations, have announced a new national partnership to mobilize solar customers as a political...
FERC Makes Drastic Changes To Three-Year Energy Forecast
Within the past month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has dramatically revised its three-year forecast for changes in the U.S. electrical generating capacity...
Bill Proposes Nationwide Renewable Electricity Standard
A new Senate bill is proposing a target of at least 50% renewable electricity nationwide in 15 years, putting the U.S. on a trajectory...
Twenty U.S. Senators Push For Solar ITC Extension
Twenty Democratic U.S. senators are urging Senate leaders to support an extension of solar energy tax credits.
In a letter to Senate leaders Mitch...
NRDC Analyzes Clean Power Plan Replacement: ‘A Do-Nothing Dirty Power Plan’
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its repeal of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the key Obama administration initiative to cut dangerous...
Master Limited Partnerships Bill Re-Emerges
Lawmakers have reintroduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would give clean energy projects access to a tax advantage currently available for fossil fuel projects.
U.S....
Feds Announce Tariff Exemption For Bifacial Solar Panels
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced a major update in the Section 201 trade ruling: a new tariff exemption for bifacial solar...
Feds Seek Public Input On Gemini Solar Project
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a draft analyzing the environmental impacts of the proposed Gemini Solar...