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House Passes GOP Tax Bill, ‘Misses Opportunity’ To Stand Up For Wind

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.1, the tax reform bill that wind stakeholders fear would be detrimental to the industry. Passed by...
maine

Maine Proposes New Rules For Wind Energy Development

  After more than a year of a pre-rulemaking process, including the issuance of two drafts, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has commenced...
san diego

California Utilities On Good Path Toward Renewable Energy Targets

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released its annual Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) report showing that the program, which is one of the...
wind industry

AWEA Lauds Senate Tax Plan As Boon For Wind Industry

Unlike the House tax reform bill, the newly proposed Senate tax reform plan honors the terms of the phase-out of the wind energy production...

Ørsted Survey: Eight Out Of 10 Support 100% Global Renewable Energy

Even though coal and oil are still the world's main energy sources, there is massive support for a green future, according to findings from...
montana

Montana Drafts New Bonding Rules For Wind Facilities

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has released draft rules detailing the process and requirements for bonding large wind power facilities in Montana. According...
paris agreement

U.S. Stands Alone In Paris Agreement Non-Participation

Yesterday, Syria announced that it would be joining the Paris Agreement, meaning the U.S. is now the only country in the world that has...
congress

Proposed GOP Tax Reform Would Curtail Tax Incentives For Wind And Solar

  On Nov. 2, House Republicans released their proposed tax reform legislation, providing for massive alterations to tax law. On Nov. 5, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas,...
new england

Report: How New England Is Moving Toward ‘Cleaner, Hybrid Grid’

ISO New England Inc., the operator of the New England power system and wholesale electricity markets, has issued its 2017 Regional System Plan (RSP17),...
southern california

Southern California Edison Proposes Clean Power And Electrification Pathway

Southern California Edison (SCE) has introduced a new clean energy proposal, the Clean Power and Electrification Pathway, which the utility says will help California...
new york

Cuomo: New York ‘Doubling Down’ On Clean Energy Efforts

Clean energy was a hot topic in New York on Friday, when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a planned expansion of the NY Green...
st louis

St. Louis Votes Yes On 100% Renewable Energy

On Friday, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen unanimously approved the city’s commitment to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2035. According to the...

Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan Signals Need For More Wind Power

On Thursday, Glenn Thibeault, Ontario’s minister of energy, released the updated Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP), Delivering Fairness and Choice. As part of this plan,...
tax

Master Limited Partnerships Bill Re-emerges To ‘Level Energy Playing Field’

Lawmakers have re-introduced bipartisan legislation that they say would level the energy playing field by giving renewable energy projects access to a tax advantage...
coal nuclear

Energy Associations Speak Out Against Proposed DOE ‘Bailout’ Of Coal, Nuclear

In joint comments, the associations urged FERC not to adopt the DOE’s proposed rule, which they argue would provide out-of-market financial support to uneconomic coal and nuclear power plants in the wholesale electricity markets overseen by FERC.
new mexico

Report: Renewables, Not Natural Gas, Should Replace Coal In New Mexico

Though the legislative effort to strengthen New Mexico’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) did not pass earlier this year, a new analysis by the Union...
cpp

EPA Proposes Clean Power Plan Termination

The EPA claims the CPP was “premised on a novel and expansive view of agency authority that the Trump administration now proposes to determine is inconsistent with the Clean Air Act.”
grid

Groups Denounce Perry’s FERC Request On Grid ‘Threats’ – A Bailout Of Coal, Nuclear?

Not long after the release of the agency’s grid reliability study, Rick Perry, secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has formally proposed...

U.S. Senators Introduce ‘Advancing Grid Storage Act’

U.S. Sens. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., members of the Senate Energy Committee, have introduced what they deem a job-creating measure that...
wind

Wind Could Power 30% Of Europe By 2030 – But Only Under The Right...

Wind energy has the potential to provide up to 30% of Europe’s power by 2030, according to figures released by WindEurope in its Outlook...

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