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Debt Committee’s Inaction Not So Super For Renewable Energy Policy
The failure of the debt supercommittee to reach a resolution for cutting more than $1.2 trillion over 10 years brings further uncertainty about...
Governors Urge Congress To Pass Wind Energy PTC Extension
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee have written a letter to Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, Senate Republican...
Renewable Energy Storage Tax-Credit Bill Introduced In Senate
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., have introduced legislation to encourage energy-storage development...
What We Can Really Expect For U.S. Offshore Wind Incentives
While the debt supercommittee is enmeshed in - among other things - reforming the tax code, do not expect the group to issue...
New Legislation Keeps Hope Alive For Wind Energy PTC Extension
U.S. Reps. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., members of the tax-writing House Committee on Ways and Means, have introduced the American...
Clean Energy Technology Gets Boost From Canadian Government
The Government of Canada is investing in new clean energy technologies to help modernize Quebec's electricity networks, Natural Resources Canada has announced. Up...
New Study Confirms Federal Energy Incentives Have Favored Fossil Fuels Over Renewables
An updated study on federal energy incentives confirms that the main beneficiaries of more than $800 billion of federal energy incentives over the...
New Bipartisan Legislation Proposes Offshore Wind Energy Tax Credit
U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., and Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J., have introduced bipartisan legislation to encourage offshore wind power investment off the coast...
Senators Introduce Bill To Encourage Community Wind Projects
U.S. Sens. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., have introduced legislation that would promote the local production of wind energy by providing...
FERC Approves MISO’s Cost-Allocation Proposal, But Wind-Integration Concerns Remain
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has reaffirmed its approval of a proposal by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc. (MISO) to...
California Air Resources Board Adopts Final Cap-And-Trade Regulation
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has adopted the final cap-and-trade regulation, putting into place another key element of the state's climate plan....
Tables May Be Turning For Alaska’s Dormant Wind Power Industry
Talks of wind energy development in the U.S. rarely make mention of Alaska: The state has a dismal 10 MW of installed wind...
DOE Decides Against Delegating More Transmission-Project Authority To FERC
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) says it will work more closely with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in reviewing proposed electric...
McGuinty Wins In Ontario; Wind Industry Exhales
Ontario voters have re-elected Premier Dalton McGuinty in the Oct. 6 election, meaning that incentives for wind energy, including the Green Energy Act...
Groups Encourage N.Y. Governor To Support Offshore Wind Power
A group of clean energy supporters and environmentalist are calling on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to replace power from the Indian Point...
Feds Aim To Streamline Renewable Energy Transmission Permitting
Citing the need for grid modernization resulting in job creation, the Obama administration announced Wednesday that several transmission projects will be part of...
DOE Revises NEPA Rules For Energy-Project Environmental Reviews
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has made revisions to regulations that the department says will save time and money in its environmental...
Reuters: Spanish Gov’t. Drafts Regulation For Wind Energy Requirement
The Spanish government has drafted a regulation to require the installation of 1.4 GW of wind energy annually between 2013 and 2020, according...
New Jersey Democrats Advance RPS
New Jersey State Senate Democrats, who control the state's Environment and Energy Committee, advanced a bill that they say would increase the...
Congressional Committee Could Target Renewable Energy Funding
A total of $1.2 trillion in spending cuts looms as the U.S. Congress' Joint Select Committee (JSC) begins work on trimming the U.S....