September 30, 2024

Building Decarbonization

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NARUC Panel: EE Needs New Metrics to Help Reach Net-zero Goals
State regulators must change their thinking about the value of energy efficiency to meet net-zero goals, speakers told the NARUC Summer Policy Summit.
Sunrise Maine
Solving for Equity in the Rates and Climate Policy Equation
Given Maine's ambitious climate policies, one state regulator sees a need to reconsider how the costs of those policies are allocated to ratepayers.
DOE
DOE: Building Codes Key to Net-zero Economy
Updating building codes is “one of the easiest things we can do" to reduce emissions, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at a DOE conference.
City of New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell
$536M in Pandemic Aid Tagged for Climate, Energy Across New England
Vermont and Maine will put $136 million in federal aid into climate and energy initiatives; Massachusetts is looking to spend $400 million on those sectors.
TeMix
Talking to Alexa: Transactive Energy Markets are Coming
Officials at a SEPA webinar discussed a transactive market platform pilot in California that proactively helps shift load and save customers money.
Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Massachusetts Sets 1st Emission-reduction Goal for Efficiency Program
The current draft energy efficiency plan for Massachusetts does not envision meeting a new program-specific emission-reduction goal set by the state.
Central Main Power
Overheard at 3rd Annual EBC New England Energy Leadership Conference
Regional energy policy leaders presented their plans and priorities at the Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Leadership Conference.
Arizona Public Service
Ariz. Program to Incentivize Home Battery Storage, Efficiency
Arizona regulators approved a demand management plan that includes incentives for homeowners who install battery storage with their rooftop solar system.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Office
NY Community Solar Sector on Shaky Ground, Developers Say
Community solar developers in New York are facing a very different set of market challenges from the ones they experienced over the last five years.
Energy+Environmental Economics
Maryland Looks at Pathways to Net Zero Buildings by 2045
Maryland has several “feasible pathways” to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from its buildings by 2045, according to a study presented to stakeholders.

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