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CRS Annual Report 2009 This report contains the activities and financial reporting documents for 2009. Author: Center for Resource Solutions Date: 08/17/2010 Report Type: Report Pages: 16 View PDF / |
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Letter from CRS to Kevin Kennedy, CARB Office of Climate Change on how to distribute allowances under a CA C&T program This letter expresses CRS's view on off-the top as well as other allocation issues. We express our view that CARB's proposed approach to allowance distribution would be an unfortunate overreaction to emission leakage concerns, and resulting overcompensation of carbon emitters would represent a lost opportunity to bolster the emerging clean energy economy that can contribute badly needed new jobs. Author: Chris Busch Date: 06/07/2010 Report Type: Letter Pages: 6 View PDF / |
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Coalition letter to Kevin Kennedy, CARB Office of Climate Change on the issue of off-the-top treatment of voluntary renewable energy purchases CRS authored a letter to the California Air Resources Board on the issue of off-the-top treatment of voluntary renewable energy purchases and marshaled another coalition of nonprofit organizations and clean energy industry stakeholders to support the concept. Author: Chris Busch, various Date: 06/07/2010 Report Type: Letter Pages: 8 View PDF / |
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WeCAN Comments on the 4/14/10 WCI Auction Design White Paper Comments and recommendations submitted on the WCI's Market Design Committee's whitepaper by the WeCAN Markets and Cap Setting and Allowance Distribution Committees, pertaining to the disposition of unsold allowances and general auction design. Author: Chris Busch, WeCAN Markets Committee Members, WeCAN Cap Setting and Allowance Distribution Committee Date: 05/07/2010 Report Type: Comment Pages: 2 View PDF / |
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Green-e Marketplace Case Study: Codero Inc. This Green-e Marketplace Case Study on Codero, a webhost in Overland Park, KS, examines the company's environmental initiatives, including purchasing certified renewable energy for 100 percent of its electricity use. Author: Center for Resource Solutions Date: 05/14/2010 Report Type: Report Pages: 1 View PDF / |
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Letter to WCI Electricity and Markets Committees on the role of RECs in mandatory GHG reporting and compliance protocols The Center for Resource Solutions urges the WCI Partners, the Electricity Committee and Markets Committee to reconsider and rescind the recently released recommendation that renewable energy certificates (RECs) have no role in mandatory GHG reporting and compliance protocols. If implemented, this recommendation would strip the zero-emission attribute from renewable energy certificates (RECs) and destabilize the system of trading renewable energy in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council region that has been in place for more than a decade. Author: Center for Resource Solutions Date: 05/27/2010 Report Type: Letter Pages: 3 View PDF / |
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Letter to Gary Collard, CARB, RE: Comments on RES Draft Regulation Comments focusing on several broad market issues in the development of an RES as described by the March 11, 2010, Preliminary Draft Regulation, and the presentations made during the March 18, 2010 workshop. Author: Arthur O'Donnell Date: 04/08/2010 Report Type: Comment Pages: 3 View PDF / |
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Climate Policy and Economic Growth in California: New Studies Agree California's Economy Will Grow Strongly With AB 32 Implementation A policy brief that offers some discussion and comparison of three updated forecasts of the economic impact of California's global warming law, AB 32. The three studies are from the California Air Resources Board, Charles River Associates, and the University of California's Professor David Roland-Holst. Author: Chris Busch Date: 04/30/2010 Report Type: Report Pages: 2 View PDF / |
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Renewable Energy for the Next Generation: Tom Arma Studio, Inc. This Green-e Marketplace Case Study on Tom Arma Studios examines the studio's environmental actions, including how its purchase of renewable energy fits with its overall sustainability goals. Author: Center for Resource Solutions Date: 03/11/2010 Report Type: Other Pages: 1 View PDF / |
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Guide to Purchasing Green Power: Renewable Electricity, Renewable Energy Certificates, and On-Site Renewable Generation This Guide to Purchasing Green Power is intended for organizations that are considering the merits of buying green power as well as those that have decided to buy it and want help doing so. The guide was written for a broad audience, including businesses, government agencies, universities, and all organizations wanting to diversify their energy supply and reduce the environmental impact of their electricity use. Author: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), World Resources Institute (WRI), and Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) Date: 03/01/2010 Report Type: Report Pages: 58 View PDF / |
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Comments on VCS Methodology for Weatherization of Single and Multi-Family Buildings , Maine State Housing Authority CRS comments on VCS's proposed Maine State Housing Authority Methodology for Weatherization of Single and Multi-Family Buildings. CRS recognizes the value of energy efficiency measures as a vital means to reduce GHGs and mitigate the effects of climate change, and applauds the Maine State Housing Authority for taking the initiative to introduce such an important program. However, this methodology in its current form allows for double counting, and certain energy efficiency measures under the proposal will not result in any real reductions in GHG emissions due to the presence of a cap and trade on CO2 emissions in Maine. CRS recommends that the methodology be limited to only include emission reductions from efficiency measures outside of electricity consumption, such as measures that will result in reduced natural gas consumption for central heating. Author: Jane Valentino Date: 02/17/2010 Report Type: Comment Pages: 2 View PDF / |
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Comments on WCI Paper "Voluntary Renewable Energy Market: Issues and Draft Recommendations" to WCI's Electricity Committee Comments on WCI paper "Voluntary Renewable Energy Market: Issues and Draft Recommendations," express agreement with and support of the comments of the Western Climate Advocates Network and the Renewable Energy Markets Association, which are supportive of a VRE Set Aside. Three main comments: 1) We urge the Partners to adopt a uniform VRE Set Aside rule, 2) The final recommendations should recognize that the driver of the impressive VRE market growth has been large purchasers who have been motivated by the desire to show that they are making a difference in the effort to curb global warming, and 3) We suggest that you revise your discussion of the economic implications of a VRE set aside to more clearly recognize the benefits, especially the lowered demand for allowances due to fossil fuel‐based generation avoided due to VRE purchases resources. Author: Chris Busch Date: 02/19/2010 Report Type: Comment Pages: 12 View PDF / |
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The Intersection between Carbon, RECs, and Tracking Both carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates (RECs) are used as ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As these marketplaces grow, it is important to examine how they overlap and avoid any double counting of carbon benefits or claims. The paper, which CRS assisted in drafting, examines REC tracking systems, GHG project registries, and GHG inventory systems. Author: ETNNA Date: 02/01/2010 Report Type: Report Pages: 26 View PDF / |
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Best Practices in Public Claims for Solar Photovoltaic Systems As markets for renewable energy grow, there is increasing interest in securing and selling Renewable Energy Certificates and renewable electricity. Some renewable electricity generation technologies, like solar photovoltaics, are slow to be widely adapted to market transactions because of the administrative costs of aggregating output into products that can be readily sold into compliance and voluntary electricity markets. This document presents a series of questions and answers regarding PV and the issues specific to selling and claiming RECs from such systems. Though the paper focuses mainly on PV, many of the issues discussed below pertain to other types of distributed generation as well. Author: Alex Pennock Date: 01/07/2010 Report Type: Report Pages: 9 View PDF / |
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WeCAN Comments on WCI Electricity Subcommittee's paper "Voluntary Renewable Energy Market: Issues and Draft Recommendations." WeCAN comment letter submitted to the WCI's Electricity Committee on its paper "Voluntary Renewable Energy Market: Issues and Draft Recommendations." Author: Chris Busch, Jennifer Martin, Jane Valentino, others Date: 01/14/2010 Report Type: Comment Pages: 5 View PDF / |