by Renee O’Donnell During renewable energy’s most important week, Climate Week NYC, Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) and NERA brought together over 75 developers, investors, policymakers, and buyers at NERA’s Midtown Manhattan offices for panel discussions under the topic Storing the Future: How Utility-Scale Storage is Unlocking the Clean Energy Transition. The timing of this …
Investing in the Next Generation of Renewable Energy Leaders
CRS's 2026 Summer Associates Working Across Green-e® Verification and Outreach Advancing clean energy markets requires more than strong policies, credible standards, and innovative solutions—it requires people who believe in the mission and are dedicated to the cause. At Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), developing the next generation of professionals is an important part of building …
What is the Best Approach to Account for Clean Energy Storage?
By Chris Cooper Utility-scale energy storage is becoming essential to a cleaner and more reliable grid. Batteries and other storage resources can absorb electricity when renewable generation is abundant and discharge it later when demand is higher or renewable output is lower. This flexibility can help integrate more wind and solar, reduce curtailment, support grid …
How Utilities Can Design Credible Hourly Clean Energy Products
Consumer interest in claiming clean energy grows each year, and with recent proposed updates on temporal matching requirements in accounting and reporting standards (i.e. GHGP and SBTI), there is likely to be growing interest in matching consumer energy use with clean energy production hour by hour. Utilities are already offering these kinds of products throughout …
CEAP Program Update: New Initiatives, Published Guidances, and Ways to Get Involved
The field of clean energy accounting is evolving rapidly, and this quarter has brought significant momentum for CRS’s Clean Energy Accounting Project (CEAP). Across our work, CEAP continues to advance practical guidance, stakeholder engagement, and market-shaping initiatives that support credible clean energy procurement and accounting. In this issue, we are pleased to share several important …
Establishing Best Practices for Power Source and Emissions Disclosure
Electricity disclosure in the U.S. is at a turning point. Customers, companies, and regulators all rely on accurate information about power sources and emissions—but today’s system is inconsistent, fragmented, and often misleading. Most disclosures reflect regional averages rather than the actual electricity customers purchase, making it difficult to verify claims or track progress toward clean …
Why Are We Fighting About GHG Accounting?
By Todd Jones The clean energy world is stuck in a fight over greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting. Advocates of annual renewable energy matching, hourly matching, and consequential accounting increasingly treat each approach as mutually exclusive—sometimes even accusing one another of greenwashing or deception. But these approaches can coexist. All three approaches provide useful information, can …
Toward Transparent Power: Best Practices for Power Source and Emissions Disclosure
Every customer has the right to know—with confidence and clarity—the sources of the electricity they have purchased and the associated emissions by Rachel Palmer The Clean Energy Accounting Project’s (CEAP’s) Best Practices for Power Source and Emissions Disclosure guidance provides a comprehensive guide for regulators, utilities, and electricity suppliers to deliver accurate, standardized power …
Policy Program Update: Arizona, California, and Voluntary Market Developments
As we wrap up the first quarter of 2026, Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) continues to advance policies that strengthen the credibility and impact of renewable energy markets. Through ongoing work in regional and voluntary market design, CRS is helping ensure that clean energy claims remain transparent, verifiable, and aligned with evolving national and international …
Exploring the Role of RECs in Renewable Energy Deployment
Project-level financial analyses often conclude that RECs don’t meaningfully affect project finances—but developers tell a different story In a new report published by CRS, Eric O’Shaughnessy, Ph.D. draws on recent interviews conducted with renewable energy market stakeholders, including four large U.S. renewable energy developers, to examine how renewable energy certificates (RECs) affect real-world project development decisions. Developer …