Urging the House Energy and Commerce Committee to include specific language that recognizes the ability of voluntary renewable energy purchases to produce reductions in addition to those directly required by a cap-and-trade program, such as an off-the-top provision.

Urging the House Energy and Commerce Committee to include specific language that recognizes the ability of voluntary renewable energy purchases to produce reductions in addition to those directly required by a cap-and-trade program, such as an off-the-top provision.

Urging the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to include specific language that recognizes the ability of voluntary renewable energy purchases to produce reductions in addition to those directly required by a cap-and-trade program (an off-the-top provision).

These are the submitted comments from the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT) and the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS)on the treatment of RECs and null power (power generated at a renewable source that is no longer bundled with its RECs) within the Western Climate Initiative. The comments detail our organizations’ several key …

SEPA’s new report addresses utilities’ acquisition of large-scale solar, which currently occurs primarily through requests for proposals (RFPs) and subsequent power purchase agreement (PPA) contracts. This report draws best practices from both the utility and solar industries, and provides education and insights for both parties that can lower costs, improve expectations, and streamline efficiency. Additionally, …

This paper is intended to provide guidance for tracking systems that would like to create uniformity in the treatment of environmental attributes associated with RECs in a manner that meets the needs of all state RPS programs and other compliance markets as well as the needs of the voluntary REC market. There are several opportunities …

Order Instituting Rulemaking to Implement the Commission’s Procurement Incentive Framework and to Examine the Integration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards into Procurement Policies

Commenting on issues relating to voluntary early emissions reductions in a California cap-and-trade program and CARB’s efforts in designing an effective cap-and-trade program as part of AB32. Recommending auction allowances to incentivize early action, carving out early action allowances from within the cap, maintaining distinction between capped sources and uncapped sources, ensuring reductions occur before …

Letter to CA Assembly Member Ting on Assembly Bill #1110.

Details Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) design principles that ensure an effective and low-cost RPS, recounts lessons learned from specific case studies, and summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of taking certain paths, with recommendations for a proposed RPS approach in the Chinese context.