How Utilities Can Design Credible Hourly Clean Energy Products

Consumer interest in claiming clean energy grows each year, and with recent proposed updates on temporal matching requirements in accounting and reporting standards (i.e. GHGP and SBTI), there is likely to be growing interest in matching consumer energy use with clean energy production hour by hour. Utilities are already offering these kinds of products throughout …

CEAP Program Update: New Initiatives, Published Guidances, and Ways to Get Involved

The field of clean energy accounting is evolving rapidly, and this quarter has brought significant momentum for CRS’s Clean Energy Accounting Project (CEAP). Across our work, CEAP continues to advance practical guidance, stakeholder engagement, and market-shaping initiatives that support credible clean energy procurement and accounting. In this issue, we are pleased to share several important …

Establishing Best Practices for Power Source and Emissions Disclosure

Electricity disclosure in the U.S. is at a turning point. Customers, companies, and regulators all rely on accurate information about power sources and emissions—but today’s system is inconsistent, fragmented, and often misleading. Most disclosures reflect regional averages rather than the actual electricity customers purchase, making it difficult to verify claims or track progress toward clean …

Why Are We Fighting About GHG Accounting?

By Todd Jones The clean energy world is stuck in a fight over greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting. Advocates of annual renewable energy matching, hourly matching, and consequential accounting increasingly treat each approach as mutually exclusive—sometimes even accusing one another of greenwashing or deception. But these approaches can coexist. All three approaches provide useful information, can …

Toward Transparent Power: Best Practices for Power Source and Emissions Disclosure

Every customer has the right to know—with confidence and clarity—the sources of the electricity they have purchased and the associated emissions   by Rachel Palmer The Clean Energy Accounting Project’s (CEAP’s) Best Practices for Power Source and Emissions Disclosure guidance provides a comprehensive guide for regulators, utilities, and electricity suppliers to deliver accurate, standardized power …

Policy Program Update: Arizona, California, and Voluntary Market Developments

As we wrap up the first quarter of 2026, Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) continues to advance policies that strengthen the credibility and impact of renewable energy markets. Through ongoing work in regional and voluntary market design, CRS is helping ensure that clean energy claims remain transparent, verifiable, and aligned with evolving national and international …

Exploring the Role of RECs in Renewable Energy Deployment

Project-level financial analyses often conclude that RECs don’t meaningfully affect project finances—but developers tell a different story In a new report published by CRS, Eric O’Shaughnessy, Ph.D. draws on recent interviews conducted with renewable energy market stakeholders, including four large U.S. renewable energy developers, to examine how renewable energy certificates (RECs) affect real-world project development decisions. Developer …

A Look Back, and Ahead: Happy Holidays From CRS

  We are very grateful for and extend thanks to our partners—CRS’s program participants, committee members, attendees, and stakeholders—whose engagement, advocacy, and collaboration support our mission. They share in our success. Despite some headwinds for the clean energy industry, CRS’s programmatic impact grew and included a number of bold new initiatives that promise to support …

Missteps in Proposed Updates to GHG Protocol’s Scope 2 Guidance

Two new proposed requirements threaten to drive up the cost of clean power, damage markets, reduce revenue, and restrict access   The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol is conducting a public consultation on the first set of proposed updates to its corporate scope 2 accounting guidance for emissions from indirect electricity, extended through January 31, 2026. …