January 22, 2025

renewable portfolio standard (RPS)

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DC PSC Says Renewables Make Up 12.2% of City’s Fuel Mix
D.C.'s progress toward a goal of 100% clean energy by 2032 faces challenge of city's lack of control over electricity supply.
Early Solar Adopters Oppose Mass. REC Program Change
The Mass. Department of Energy Resources wants to make changes to the state's original solar REC program to save ratepayers money.
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Virginia SCC Gives IOUs a Pass on RPS Plans — for Now
The Virginia State Corporation Commission on April 30 gave Dominion Energy the go-ahead to spend $10.4 million to build three solar projects totaling 82 MW.
Mass. Ditches Subsidies for Biomass Power Plants
Massachusetts has proposed new state regulations that make it harder for biomass power plants to qualify for renewable energy subsidies.
Deep Divide Over Climate Legislation in North Carolina
Two bills would move North Carolina toward reaching net zero by 2050, a third would repeal the state's Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard.
Study: CREZ an Option to Meet 2030 Maine RPS
Maine could benefit from the designation of CREZ for building onshore wind to meet its 2030 renewable portfolio standard of 80%.
MISO Begins Longterm Tx Modeling
MISO will draw on its new planning futures to build the first set of models that could result in the long-term transmission plan’s first projects.
Overheard at Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Conference
The Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Summit featured discussions on state clean energy procurements, OSW development, energy efficiency and decarbonization.
NARUC Panel Debates Clean Energy and Markets
Present and former regulators told NARUC they are skeptical that carbon pricing and capacity markets would achieve decarbonization.
Climate Policy on the Ballot Tuesday
West Coast wildfires, record-breaking heat waves and more than two dozen tropical storms have made climate change an issue impossible for voters to ignore.

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