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City Of South Lake Tahoe Makes 100% Renewables Pledge
South Lake Tahoe, Calif., has become the 26th city in the U.S. and the latest in a growing coalition of mountain communities to officially...
Done Deal: Oklahoma’s Wind Tax Credits Are Ending Soon
Citing “challenging budgetary circumstances," Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has put her signature to legislation that will kill wind production tax credits a few years early.
AWEA, Clean Energy Groups Back Proposed FERC Changes
A number of clean energy groups, including the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), are voicing their support for proposed interconnection changes by the Federal...
IRS Boosts Wind PTC To Adjust For Inflation
The feds have announced an inflation adjustment increase in wind production tax credits from 2.3 cents/kWh to 2.4 cents/kWh.
Oklahoma Senate Green-Lights Early Sunset Of Wind Tax Credits
Having passed both the House and Senate, a bill ending Oklahoma's wind tax credits on July 1 now heads to the desk of the governor, who proposed the early sunset in the first place.
NRDC: Wind And Solar Tax Credits Bringing ‘Huge Gains’ To U.S. Economy
The U.S.’ federal tax credit extensions for renewable energy are leading to new wind and solar projects that will create more than 220,000 jobs...
Ohio House Green-Lights Repeal Of Renewables Mandate
Here we go again: Only a few months after Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, vetoed a similar bill, Ohio lawmakers have advanced new legislation to...
Trump Fires Executive Order At Obama’s Clean Power Plan
Just as he vowed to do, President Donald Trump has issued a review of the Obama administration's landmark emissions-reduction initiative. However, it's not doomsday for the renewables industry, some groups say.
Montana Bill Could Hinder State’s Future Wind Investments
A proposed Montana Senate bill could deter future investment in the state’s underused renewable energy resources, including wind power, according to the Sierra Club’s...
Military Concerns Spark Proposed Wind Moratorium In North Carolina
Citing efforts to protect the state’s military installations, a newly filed bill in the North Carolina Senate is seeking a temporary moratorium on the...
AWEA: Ohio Wind Industry In Jeopardy Under Proposed Bill
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is speaking out against a proposed Ohio bill that the group says would reduce the state’s renewable portfolio...
Trump Proposes EPA, DOI Cuts; Environmental Groups React
Clean energy and environmental advocacy groups are speaking out against the Trump administration’s newly released 2018 budget proposals for discretionary spending – which, among...
Oklahoma House Says Yes To Early Phaseout Of Wind Tax Credits
On March 9, Oklahoma’s House of Representatives passed H.B.2298, which would end the state’s production tax credit for wind energy production three-and-a-half years earlier...
West Coast Utility Regulators Renew Vows For Carbon Reduction, Clean Energy
This week, utility regulators from the West Coast reaffirmed a commitment made in 2006 to support efforts to reduce carbon pollution and expand the...
Rhode Island Governor Plots Whopping 1,000% Renewables Increase
Gov. Gina Raimondo, who heads the state with the U.S.' first offshore wind farm, has announced an ambitious goal for Rhode Island: a tenfold increase in renewables by 2020.
Minnesota Announces Bipartisan Push Toward 50% Renewables
Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, D-Minn., has announced a proposal that would boost Minnesota’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) from 25% by 2025 to 50% by...
Most Oklahomans Support Wind Power, Oppose Wind Tax: Survey Says
According to recent surveys commissioned by American Wind Action (AWA), four in five “engaged citizens” in Oklahoma (those who voted in at least three...
California Senator Proposes 100% Renewable Energy Goal
A bill that seeks to accelerate the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) by five years, as well as establish an ultimate target of 100%...
North Dakota Senator Seeks Two-Year Ban On Wind Development
Under a bill recently passed by the state’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, a North Dakota lawmaker is seeking a two-year moratorium on...
Lawmakers Propose ITC Extension That Would Benefit Distributed Wind
A bill that would provide a multiyear extension of the investment tax credit (ITC), including for small-scale wind power and other clean energy technology,...