The Washington Senate voted along partisan lines to approve a bill designed to trim the carbon footprints of roughly 50,000 buildings in the state.

New Jersey could dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions from buildings – the state’s second largest source of emissions – by replacing fossil-fueled boilers with heat pumps and other electric appliances and beefing up incentives for the equipment, according to a recent report from the New Jersey Conservation Foundation. Heat pumps can replace furnaces or boilers, …

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New Hampshire utilities are starting to reopen their energy efficiency programs after the governor signed a law that provides funding certainty.

A bill that would have set a goal of net zero GHG emissions by 2050 failed in the New Mexico legislature, but proponents expect a similar proposal next year.

The Massachusetts Commission on Clean Heat will spend the next month identifying policies and initiatives that can help achieve building sector emissions sublimits.

The results of PJM’s 2022/23 Base Residual Auction were not competitive, according to a report released last week by the RTO’s Independent Market Monitor.

Connecticut officials are accepting comments on the scope of the state’s Comprehensive Energy Strategy update through March 3.

N.J. legislators advanced bills to create an Office of Clean Energy Equity and to fund energy efficiency projects for state and local government buildings.

Massachusetts legislators say that allowing fossil fuel heating in new buildings under a proposed net-zero building code does not make sense.

TVA stands behind its emissions goals, renewable plans and rates after questioning from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce.