Author: Catherine Morehouse Published:12/20/19 Utility Dive Credit: Senate ENW Dive Brief: Federal regulators on Thursday voted to effectively raise the bids of subsidized resources selling their power into PJM Interconnection’s wholesale capacity market. Under the plan, new resources receiving
House foregoes new tax credits for storage, offshore wind as it approves $1.4T spending bill
Author: Iulia Gheorghiu Published: Dec. 18, 2019 Up Date: 12/20/19 Utility Dive Credit: Phil Roeder, Flickr The Senate approved the spending bills on Thursday. President Donald Trump must sign the bills by midnight to prevent a government shutdown. Dive Brief: The
House green bank bill aims to leverage $35B in government funding into $1T in private investment
Author: Iulia Gheorghiu Published: 12/16/19 Utility Dive Dive Brief: Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., introduced on Thursday a House version of a Senate bill to establish a National Climate Bank, which the federal government would capitalize with $35 billion
First Energy Solutions bankruptcy judge must reconsider FERC authority on contracts: 6th Circuit
Author: Junk Fund Published: 12/16/19 Utility Dive Dive Brief The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge presiding over the reorganization of FirstEnergy Solutions (FES) must reconsider a
“Energy from Heaven”: Faith Leaders Urge
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University of Maryland Climate Action Plan 2.0uthor
Author: sustainability.umd.edu Published: 12/16/19 INTRODUCTION The University of Maryland became a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (now called the Carbon Commitment) in 2007 and finished its first Climate Action Plan (CAP) in 2009. Many faculty, staff, and
Funding Opportunity Announcement: Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) FY 2020 Phase 1 Release 2
Author: DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office Published: 12/16/19 Solar Energy Technologies Office Small businesses with a great idea to advance solar energy technologies can apply for up to $200,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Small Business Innovation
ENERGETIC INSURANCE
Author: energeticinsurance.com Published: 12/16/19 DO MORE SOLAR PROJECTS, DEPLOY MORE CAPITAL ENERATE CREDIT COVER MAKES EFFICIENT SOLAR PROJECT FINANCING POSSIBLE. EVEN WHEN AN ORGANIZATION IS UNRATED OR BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE. According to industry-leading project Developers and Lenders, EneRate
New York outlines new ways to compensate distributed solar users as it looks beyond net metering
Author: Matthew Bandyk Published: 12/11/19 Utility Dive Dive Brief: The New York Department of Public Service (DPS) on Monday released recommendations on new ways to compensate residential and small commercial distributed solar users as the state works to move
A community-led plan for climate justice
Author: Tom Steyer Published: 12/9/2019 TOM 20/20 I use the term “climate justice” a lot, Ronald, and I wanted to take a moment to tell you why. Climate justice acknowledges that the people hit first and worst by
Battery prices fall nearly 50% in 3 years, spurring more electr
Author: Matthew Bandvk Publishd: 12/3/2019 Utility Dive Credit: Pixabay/Joenomias Dive Brief: Average market prices for battery packs have plunged from $1,100/kWh in 2010 to $156/kWh in 2019, an 87% fall in real
2019 was the year electric cars grew up
Author: Micheal Coren December 6, 2019 EY Tell Congress to extend the federal EV tax credit Electric cars had their biggest year ever in 2019, even as storm clouds gathered over their future. The numbers
Tech CEOs Visit Africa As ‘Source Of Innovation And Talent’
Author: Toby Shapshak Published: 12/6/2019 Forbes Tech giant CEOs have increasingly been visiting Africa. MAX CUVELLIER As Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey demonstrated with his month-long trip in November, the importance of Africa for global companies
Duke Energy SC Green Source Advantage (GSA) program
Author: Duke Energy Corporate Published: 12/6/2019 sc-greensource@duke-energy.com. Green Source Advantage: A proposed sustainability program for large business customers South Carolina Program Status In 2018, Duke Energy filed the Green Source Advantage (GSA) program with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina.
Senate Education Leaders Propose Bipartisan Solution to Simplify FAFSA for 20 Million Families and to Permanently Fund HBCUs and MSIs
Author: U.S._Department of Education Published: 12/5/2019 Legislation provides $255 million annually for HBCUs and Minority Serving Institutions, cuts up to 22 questions from the federal student aid application form, and eliminates bureaucratic verification nightmare for most students WASHINGTON, December 3, 2019 — Senate
Marketplace Exchanges Offer Hemp Farmers Harvest-Saving Opportunities
Author: William Summer Published: 12/4/2019 New Frontier Data Passage of the 2018 Farm Bill and the rise of CBD as a nutritional supplement has led to a boom in hemp cultivation over the
Road to 100: How a demolished Kansas town became a model of DOE renewables resilience
Author: Catherine Morehouse Published: 12/4/2019 Deep Dive The destruction wrought by a 2007 tornado gave the federal government an opportunity to build up a fully renewable town in a conservative part of
Exelon promotes Baltimore utility executive to post overseeing Pepco
Author: Holden Wilen Published: 12/5/2019 Baltimore Business Journal Enlarge Calvin Butler, previously CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., has been named senior executive vice president of parent
2019 REBUILD MARYLAND: CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT
Author: Emily Frias Published: 12/4/2019 Chesapeake Climate Action Network Be part of Maryland’s next big climate plan! Join this exciting one-day conference with faith leaders, labor activists, environmental groups, and more! DECEMBER 14, 2019 SATURDAY | 9:00 AM
Special Report: Special Report: Investing in Lithium Batteries
Author: Keith Kohl Published: 12/4/2019 Energy and Capital Special Report: Special Report: Investing in Lithium Batteries The only word to describe the lithium battery market today is mixed.