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Baucus Working Feverishly To Extend Wind Energy PTC This Year
With the production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy set to expire on Dec. 31, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., says he is working...
DOI Finalizes Regulations For Renewable Energy Development On Tribal Lands
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has finalized regulations designed to streamline the leasing process for development on tribal lands, including for...
U.K. Government To Launch New Energy Policy Focusing On Offshore Wind Energy, Nuclear Power
The U.K.'s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) plans to introduce a new energy policy that will include renewable energy initiatives and...
Wind Energy PTC Opponents: ‘Infant Industry Argument Is A Smoke Screen’
A coalition of 88 organizations is urging Congress to oppose an extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC), which the group...
SPP Submits Filing To Comply With FERC’s Order No. 1000
Southwest Power Pool Inc. (SPP) has submitted its filing to comply with the regional requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Order...
Multiyear Wind Energy PTC Phase-Out Getting Bipartisan Attention
While a one-year extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) remains alive in an omnibus tax-extenders bill passed by the Senate...
Wind Energy PTC Supporter Elected As Chairman Of National Republican Senatorial Committee
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. - a supporter of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) - has been elected to serve as chairman...
Renewable Energy Was Critical In Swing-State Voters’ Choice For President, Poll Finds
New polls released by the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and the Advanced Energy Economy Ohio Institute show that voters in Colorado,...
Bipartisan Group Of Governors To Push Congress For Wind Energy PTC Extension
A bipartisan coalition of governors is urging Congress to pass an immediate extension of the production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy. Gov....
California Regulators Approve Utilities’ Renewable Energy Plans
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved the renewable energy plans of the state's investor-owned utilities (IOUs), paving the way for the...
Does The Wind Energy PTC Stand A Chance In Lame-Duck Congress?
With President Barack Obama gaining a second term, the wind energy industry maintains key support from the Executive Branch. But as anyone familiar...
Michigan’s Prop 3 Renewable Energy Ballot Measure Defeated
Michigan voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have increased Michigan's renewable portfolio standard from 10% by 2015 to 25% by 2025....
Wind Power Industry Vet Battling For Michigan Congressional Seat
While the presidential election takes center stage, a key congressional race is heating up, and the results have the potential to transform federal...
President Clinton Endorses Michigan’s Renewable Energy Ballot Initiative
Michigan's proposal to increase its renewable portfolio standard from 10% by 2015 to 25% by 2025 has gained some high-profile support: Former President...
Has Mitt Romney Changed His Mind About The Wind Energy PTC?
The wind energy production tax credit (PTC) has become a key wedge issue in the 2012 presidential campaign - especially in Iowa, the...
Mega Investors Urge Congress To Extend Wind Energy Production Tax Credit
Two-dozen investors with more than a combined $800 billion in assets under management have called for an immediate extension of the renewable energy...
New York Governor Reveals Details Of ‘Energy Highway’ Initiative, Including $250M For Renewables
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has received the Energy Highway Task Force's blueprint, a comprehensive plan that will invest up to $5.7...
Wind Energy Jobs, PTC Surface At Second Presidential Debate
The first presidential debate came and went without mention of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) and hardly any discussion of renewables....
In Iowa, Obama Calls Out Romney On Wind Energy Jobs
After both presidential candidates expressed their support for wind energy at Tuesday night's debate, President Barack Obama was back on the campaign trail...
No Agreement Reached In Idaho Wind Curtailment Case, But Some Progress Made On Renewable...
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) is taking comments through Oct. 25 on a partial settlement proposed by some of the parties to...