Presentation by Seth Kaplan of Conservation Law Foundation on transitions in the energy market and world to Annual Meeting of the members of organization that purchases energy for Massachusetts non-profits (like hospitals and universities)
A presentation on the value of solar calculation being investigated by the Minnesota Department of Commerce as a part of the state's new solar energy law.
Presentation by Seth Kaplan of Conservation Law Foundation on transitions in the energy market and world to Annual Meeting of the members of organization that purchases energy for Massachusetts non-profits (like hospitals and universities)
A presentation on the value of solar calculation being investigated by the Minnesota Department of Commerce as a part of the state's new solar energy law.
Solar power technologies have been around for years but didn't achieve a high enough penetration rate in the mass markets for economies of scale, to be affordable.
Would that change in the next few years?
Is the Renewable Energy Foundation Right About UK Wind Subsidies?Leslie Martel Baer
Energy scenario plans from leading entitings such as Shell, IHS, and Rocky Mountain Institute are converging--with clearly preferable scenarios and undesirable ones. At the same time, policy think tanks and government agencies are starting to formulate and enact energy policy that actual tracks to those more desirable global energy scenarios.
Delivered to Renewable Energy World Europe 2012, Cologne, Germany
Article published in MTSU's Tennessee's Business Journal discussing how clean energy technology and supporting legislation could be used as an economic engine to create employment, expand business revenues all while helping the environment.
Solar and wind the cheapest sources of energy and could power australia, the ...solarbliss
http://goo.gl/ACGP9 SOLAR and wind could become the cheapest sources of energy and almost exclusively power the country in coming decades as carbon prices climb, the Climate Commission says.
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce report, second in a series, that imagines what the economy would look like today if the shale energy revolution had not taken place. It's not a pretty picture.
Solar power technologies have been around for years but didn't achieve a high enough penetration rate in the mass markets for economies of scale, to be affordable.
Would that change in the next few years?
Is the Renewable Energy Foundation Right About UK Wind Subsidies?Leslie Martel Baer
Energy scenario plans from leading entitings such as Shell, IHS, and Rocky Mountain Institute are converging--with clearly preferable scenarios and undesirable ones. At the same time, policy think tanks and government agencies are starting to formulate and enact energy policy that actual tracks to those more desirable global energy scenarios.
Delivered to Renewable Energy World Europe 2012, Cologne, Germany
Article published in MTSU's Tennessee's Business Journal discussing how clean energy technology and supporting legislation could be used as an economic engine to create employment, expand business revenues all while helping the environment.
Solar and wind the cheapest sources of energy and could power australia, the ...solarbliss
http://goo.gl/ACGP9 SOLAR and wind could become the cheapest sources of energy and almost exclusively power the country in coming decades as carbon prices climb, the Climate Commission says.
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce report, second in a series, that imagines what the economy would look like today if the shale energy revolution had not taken place. It's not a pretty picture.
This was a presentation at the CCTA (Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association) meeting of 3/18/14, in New Bern, NC. A major concern is that Craven County currently has a very weak wind law. The talk was about why they should upgrade it to what neighboring Carteret County has done.
Russ Choma presents at the Reynolds Center's Washington, D.C. workshop, "What's Next for the Economy in Your Town." For more information, please visit http://businessjournalism.org.
US Chamber Report: What If...Energy Production was Banned on Federal Lands an...Marcellus Drilling News
This report, the first in the Chamber's Energy Accountability series, finds that if the federal government under Obama and Clinton (as they advocate) were to shut down further energy production from public lands, the result would be catastrophic: the U.S. economy would lose 400,000 jobs and $70 billion in annual GDP.
Former Ambassador and head of the US delegation to the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, Stuart Eizentstat, Partner with law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, delivered the keynote address at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. View more info at: solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Energy innovation es8928 - renewable energy policy handbook -final m coviMarco Covi
A handbook for policy makers in the renewable energy field in Ontario. The handbook places a heavy importance on better consultation and public education on energy matters when it comes to the planning of large-scale energy projects and makes several suggestions on how to improve this. The handbook is timely as it was written in the context of the 2013 LTEP. In addition it serves as an accessible scientific reference guide for decision-makers and the broader public alike.
Does The PTC Make Sense (Professional Version)?John Droz
An analysis of the US Federal Production Tax Credit's merits. This is the more detailed professional version intended for people with energy experience. There is also an abbreviated Executive version on Slideshare for those just looking for highlights.
1. The Changing Shape of System Planning: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” Seth Kaplan Vice President for Policy and Climate Advocacy Conservation Law Foundation Energy Bar Association Northeast Chapter Annual Meeting “Options for Meeting Emerging Reliability Needs and Public Policy Initiatives in the Northeast” June 7, 2011 1
2. Context 2 “. . . When you have over 90% of the world’s scientists who have studied this stating that climate change is occurring and that humans play a contributing role it’s time to defer to the experts. Climate science is complex though and we’re just beginning to have a fuller understanding of humans’ role in all of this. But we know enough to know that we are at least a part of the problem. So looking forward, we need to work to put policies in place that act at reducing those contributing factors.” NJ Gov. Chris Christie, May 26, 2011. Environmental imperatives and low gas prices = farewell to coal Rise of Demand Resources (Efficiency and Demand Response) as important player Unbundling continues: new products and services emerge like Frequency Regulation With this much change you are either adapting or fighting the future – question is how and how quickly we will change (decarbonize, etc…) not if it will happen . . .
3. Planning for a very different future . . . 3 A sketch of the exterior of Edison’s Pearl Street station. Courtesy: Photographic Services of the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Pearl_Street_Station Illustration taken from slide created by Alan Friefeld of Viridity Energy, who seems to have taken it from iTeres
4. While Inertia is strong, many forces pressing for change 4 Emissions Reduction – Public Health Water Use/Discharge Climate: electricity is the “hinge” sector Diversification /Reliability Japan shows wind can help keep the lights on Self sufficiency, independence Zero fuel cost resources – price stability Every place has indigenous renewable & demand resources (unlike fossil fuels) Jobs, attract employers, jobs, local property taxes, jobs and of course jobs Popularity should matter in a democracy
5. Legal Issues 5 Existing legal and regulatory structures are legacies from a very different world: Even ones that were progressive in their time can impede progress now – PURPA is prime example, mandated purchase of power from renewables and other “Qualified Facilities” (“QFs”) at “avoided cost” now crashing into state net metering and feed-in tariffs Open Access Transmission Tariffs – blew open the system, made gas and wind IPP industries possible but the concept now limits development of dedicated lines. That creaking noise you hear is the sound of state-federal balance shifting What is federally regulated “transmission” and what is state regulated “distribution”? For some technical purposes the line is kind of bright – but a lot of complexity here Section 201(b) of FPA provides FERC with jurisdiction over "the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce and the sale of such energy at wholesale in interstate commerce" and section 205 prohibits unreasonable rates and undue discrimination "with respect to any transmission or sale subject to the [Commission's] jurisdiction.“ – does this give FERC jurisdiction to the toaster? When is electricity NOT in interstate commerce? Queasiness over FERC action at retail level – is that horse out of the barn? FERC ability to approve “gap RFPs” and compensate (and regulate) retail resources is well established and foreshadow fundamental change in the Fed – State balance. Unsurprisingly, money is biggest issue – what resources get paid (Non-transmission alternatives?) and who pays (cost allocation – state/regional/national)