Reposted from Greentech Media: By Herman Trabish At least twenty-two of the 29 state renewables standards have been attacked by legislators or regulators in the last year or are now under attack. Known as a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) or a Renewable Energy Standard (RES), these mandates require utilities to … [continued]
Increasing Michigan’s renewable energy standard (RES) to 25 percent by 2025 would be a “job-creating machine” and double the number of green jobs in the state, according to a new Michigan State University (MSU) study. […]
Michigan will vote on a measure to boost its renewable energy standard to 25 percent this November thanks to a grassroots ballot initiative with the backing of over 500,000 Michigan residents. […]
This is a repost from Midwest Energy News on how renewable energy standards are fairing in state legislatures — enjoy! By Dan Haugen To repeal, reform, or ramp up? State legislatures across the region have been considering a full spectrum of proposals related to renewable portfolio standards. With sessions … [continued]
The truth can be very inconvenient. With real-world experience and numerous non-partisan research organizations showing over and over again that state-level renewable energy targets have not substantially driven up electricity rates, clean energy opponents are simply creating their own numbers.
Some top cleantech policy stories from around this week: 1. Clean Energy Standards Create Clean Air & Water with No Cost to Economy The U.S. is sorely in need of a clean energy standard. A recent post by Richard Caperton, Director of Clean Energy Investments at the Center for American Progress, … [continued]
In a stunning reversal of popular wisdom, overzealous state legislators and interest groups are jeopardizing over $4 billion in economic activity and thousands of jobs promised in Missouri’s 3-year old renewable energy law. Missourians should override their mistaken legislators, reaffirming their commitment to local renewable energy and even consider the benefits of maximizing the state’s clean electricity production.
The pace of solar installations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania is ironically destroying the incentives that make such installations possible.
States that already meet or exceed Renewable Energy Standards of 15% by 2021 would not be held back by the latest Democratic attempt to pass nationwide legislation requiring that utilities at least provide a minimum supply of clean energy. Enviros are dismayed by the feeble requirements in Senator Bingaman’s Renewable Energy … [continued]
When I wrote on the possibility of a Renewable Energy Standard (RES) coming back from the dead a couple weeks ago, based on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s statement that an RES was “absolutely” a possibility, I had hope, but not a lot of faith. Not long before that, Reid … [continued]
