A look back at the year’s accomplishments for Center for Resource Solutions and its programs.
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2012 Green-e Verification Report
In 2012 Green-e showed another year of impressive growth, with a remarkable 29% increase in Green-e Energy certified sales in 2012, reaching almost 36 million MWh. This is enough to power nearly a third of U.S. households for a month. Green‐e now certifies over 1% of the total U.S. electricity mix and approximately three‐quarters of …
REC Best Practices and Claims
An illustration of how renewable energy certificates (RECs) work to track ownership, best practices for using and claiming RECs, and a series of example claims for solar panel owners or leaseholders.
Overview of International Voluntary Renewable Electricity Procurement and Public Claims
This document provides an overview of best practices and options for purchasing and using renewable electricity globally, as well as guidance for clear and accurate communication of renewable electricity claims within the context of national or regional renewable electricity markets.
UM 1690, the Implementation of HB 4126 – Voluntary Renewable Energy Tariffs (VRETs) Comments of Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) on Staff Models and Issues List
Comments by CRS on Oregon’s HB 4126 – Voluntary Renewable Energy Tariff (VRET) proposal.
Comments on Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNOPR), Fossil Fuel‐Generated Energy Consumption Reduction for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings, Docket No. EERE-2010-BT-STD-0031
CRS expresses support for several requirements proposed in the SNOPR, responds to DOE concerns, and responds to certain specific requests for comment. Specifically: RECs are required for any renewable electricity usage claim, Off‐site renewable electricity usage and low‐cost options should be available to federal agencies, concerns with federal agencies’ lack of control over off‐site renewable …
Comments on the U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan, Section 111(d)
CRS comments on the June 2014 Proposed Rule Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units (the Clean Power Plan “Proposed Rule”). The comments focus on integrating renewable energy (RE) and existing RE markets, instruments, and tracking systems into 111(d) compliance and state plans; accounting and potential double counting of emissions …
Guidelines for Quantifying the Carbon Emissions Benefits of Green-e Energy Certified Products
This document is intended as a guide to resources that can help participants advise their customers on defensible carbon claims and comply with Green-e marketing compliance rules.
Comments on Rulemaking to Consider Modifications to the Electricity Generation Source Disclosure Regulations and Pre-Rulemaking Draft Regulations to the Power Source Disclosure Program
CRS comments on the Power Source Disclosure (PSD) Program Pre-Rulemaking Draft Regulations, released by the California Energy Commission for public comment on May 14, 2015.
Comments on Version 2.0 of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE’s) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) Technical Manual
CRS comments strongly support the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), and particularly the inclusion of criteria and points for measuring and reducing GHG emissions; generating, using, and/or purchasing clean and renewable energy; sustainable purchasing, and referencing Green-e.