CRS submitted a comment letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission regarding the proposed Track and Record option for utilities to use kilowatt-hours (kWh) from interconnected distributed generation (DG) for compliance with Arizona’s Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (REST), instead of using Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).

A brief description of the requirements and benefits of Green-e Energy.

Comments of Environmental Defense Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and the Center for Resource Solutions on the proposal to link California’s cap-and-trade program with Quebec’s program

The report highlights Green-e Certified renewable energy and carbon offset sales in 2011, as well as organizations that participated in Green-e Marketplace to demonstrate their commitment to renewable energy.

CRS submitted comments on the proposed changes to the GRP 2.0.

Comments on a California Energy Commission (CEC) paper for the implementation of Assembly Bill 2196 for the California Renewable Portfolio Standard

In this paper RAP and CRS assess the suitability for tracking CO2 emissions associated with electricity imported into the RGGI region of two energy attribute tracking systems currently in use in the RGGI region.

This letter urges the Commission to reject Staff’s proposal of “Track and Monitor” because of the impact on Arizona renewable energy generators and customers, and because it violates the requirements of the REST while raising issues with double counting.

CRS submitted comments to the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) in response to their call for input on their Core Competencies for Climate Change Officers and Professionals.

CRS commented on the proposed revisions to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) data collection practices, reiterating the need for continued data collection and the continued relevance of the data, as the EIA data collected on utility green electricity programs and renewable electricity is one of the few sources of hard information that can be used …