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FERC Decision Puts State Renewable Portfolio Standards At Risk

By Stuart Kaplow on Posted in Codes and Regulations, Energy, Solar Panel
In the ongoing conflagration between “reliable power” and “clean energy” many may have missed when last month federal energy policy declared reliability the winner with renewable energy subsidies (e.g., state renewable portfolio standards) the loser. In a decision that critics have called “unprecedented” the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on December 19, 2019 issued an Order … Continue Reading

Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

By Stuart Kaplow on Posted in Environmental, Green Building, Sustainability
Photovoltaic panels provide electricity at yak herder's house in Bhutan
In the final days of 2015, Nevada became the front line in the nationwide debate over energy policy when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada cut rates for net metering impacting homeowners with rooftop photovoltaic panels. The 113 page draft order found that under existing net metering rates other ratepayers were subsidizing net metering customers … Continue Reading

Ohio Law Rolls Back Unwise Renewable Portfolio Standards

By Stuart Kaplow on Posted in Sustainability
Last Friday, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed Senate Bill 310 freezing the state's renewable energy portfolio and energy efficiency requirements at 2014 levels. It is likely best to not be an alarmist about Ohio's new law or to deny that it was passed overwhelmingly by the legislature after a hue and cry from the public, who recognized an unwise (expensive and degrowth) existing law (green or otherwise) when they saw it.… Continue Reading
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