CRS’s comments focus on Section VII of the proposed rule, Generating RINs for Renewable Electricity—the proposal to include a pathway in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) regulations that allows for Renewable Identification Number (RIN) generation for the use of renewable electricity generated from biogas as a transportation fuel.

Comments to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) regarding potential changes to how electricity used as a transportation fuel is treated in the ARB’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Program (pursuant to California Assembly Bill AB 32 and the Governor’s Executive Order S-01-07). These comments pertain to the use of renewable electricity as a transportation …

This document focuses on Solarize Campaigns, a community solar option available to higher education institutions.

This document outlines best practices for developers marketing renewable energy products to customers, some of the risks and consequences associated with misleading marketing, and additional factors that solar developers need to consider when creating a marketing strategy and associated materials.

CRS’s comments relate to Section “2.5.5 Environmental Value” of Staff’s Report and Recommendations, and focus on the assignment of RECs from renewable energy distributed energy resource (DER) generation projects.

A fact sheet providing guidance on communicating the benefits of renewable energy purchases.

Comments on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Energy Division Staff’s White Paper on Implementing GHG Planning Targets in the IRP Process. Comments are focused on Question for Parties no. 6, the methodologies for developing and reporting against GHG planning targets and the relevance of other methodologies/protocols developed for other state programs, and the treatment …

CRS comments regarding potential 2016 amendments to the California Cap-and-Trade Regulation discussed at the workshop held on October 21, 2016. Comments focus on post-2020 allowance allocation to Electrical Distribution Utilities (EDUs) and, in particular, on Staff’s most recent proposal regarding the RPS Adjustment, included in the Post-2020 Electrical Distribution Utility Allocation Informal Proposal. Comments also …

Comments to the U.S. EPA on the June 2016 Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP) Design Details (“CEIP Proposed Rule”).