215 Million And Rising: Surge In LED Installs Is A Growing Threat To Utility Industry The cumulative number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) installed across the United States has soared during the past two years—topping 215 million at the end of 2014 according to DOE’s latest data. That’s good for the environment (the amount of … Continue reading 215 Million And Rising: Surge In #LED Installs Is A Growing Threat To Utility Industry→
‘Moneyball’ for the Power Grid: Reid Says Metrics Key Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid kicked off his annual clean energy summit Monday in Las Vegas by comparing utility companies that undervalue renewable power to an ill-managed baseball team. “Nevada and electric utilities should learn from ‘Moneyball.’ Just as Major League Baseball was stuck in the … Continue reading ‘Moneyball’ for the #Power_Grid: Reid Says Metrics Key→
California’s Clean Energy Jobs Act fails to create promised green jobs SACRAMENTO >> Three years after California voters passed a ballot measure to raise taxes on corporations and generate clean-energy jobs by funding energy-efficiency projects in schools, barely one-tenth of the promised jobs have been created, and the state has no comprehensive list to show … Continue reading California’s Clean Energy Jobs Act fails to create promised green jobs→
August 17, 2015 By Tom Kleckner LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — While SPP says it is continuing to analyze the 1,500 pages in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, some stakeholders in the RTO’s 14-state footprint wasted no time taking action. In the first of several expected legal challenges, state attorneys general from half of … Continue reading SPP, MISO, PJM States Join Opposition to Clean Power Plan→
August 17, 2015 By William Opalka When the Clean Power Plan was released last year, New York’s grid operator was concerned with its impact despite the state’s membership in a regional carbon trading regime. Reliance on coal generation had threated reliability, in the view of NYISO, so changes needed to be made, even though New … Continue reading Northeast on Way to Compliance with Clean Power Plan→
by TERRY JARRETT 12 Aug 2015 Well, President Obama’s EPA has gone and done it. For over a year, energy experts, utility regulators, electric grid operators, and everyone else who understands how the power sector works have criticized the EPA’s proposed “Clean Power Plan” (CPP), saying it will increase electricity prices and jeopardize the reliability … Continue reading JARRETT: EPA’S CHANGES TO POWER GRID COULD WRECK THE ECONOMY→
Laurie Guevara-Stone Monday, July 27, 2015 – 12:45am As most Alaskans can attest, energy in The Last Frontier is expensive. The average residential electricity rate of more than 18 cents per kWh is a full 50 percent higher than the national average, ranking among the highest in the country. That’s in part because outside the … Continue reading How one Alaskan island went 100% renewable→
July 27, 2015 By Tom Kleckner SPP’s latest analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft Clean Power Plan indicates state-by-state compliance with the plan would result in nearly 40% higher costs than a regional approach. Read the full article at RTO Insider.
Amazon to use North Carolina wind power to offset energy needs of Ohio data centers Amazon wants renewable energy to power its data centers planned for central Ohio, so the company is helping to build a wind farm — in North Carolina. Clean-energy advocates say Ohio runs the risk of getting bypassed for big projects … Continue reading #Amazon to use North Carolina wind power to offset #energy needs of Ohio #data_centers→
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