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 …
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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 …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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 …