Congress Hears the Case for Energy Storage
Energy Storage Gets Its Day in Congress The House Energy and Commerce Committee invited experts to testify on what federal storage policy should look like. Written by Julian Spector, greentechmedia.com, …
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New York State’s New Energy Efficiency Goal
Allison Donnelly, ERS for Zondits, April 20, 2018 Fulfilling a promise to announce a new energy efficiency goal for the state of New York by Earth Day 2018, the governor’s …
Trump Announces the U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
US cities, states and companies vow to honour Paris climate accord, even if Trump doesn’t New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday that his municipality would “take matters …
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The Unstoppable Growth of the Clean Energy Sector
Ethan Forauer, ERS, and Gita Subramony, ERS, for Zondits The new presidential administration is proposing sweeping changes to energy and environmental policy. During the presidential debates, the candidates did not devote …
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Wyoming’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, or, Standard Portfolio Renewable?
Ethan Forauer, ERS, for Zondits In a piece of legislation that has proven to be one of the first of its kind, Wyoming State Representative David Miller has brought forward …
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Trump Issues a Freeze Impacting Pending Energy Efficiency Regulations
Trump’s regulatory freeze halts four Obama rules aimed at promoting greater energy efficiency The Washington Post, January 21, 2017 Nearly simultaneously with President Trump’s oath of office Friday, the White …
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Energy Efficiency Is a Bigger Resource Than Nuclear Power
The enormous scale of all the energy that we never used The Washington Post, August 19, 2016 Energy efficiency takes a huge number of forms, ranging from weatherizing a house …
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What’s Right with New York: A Primer on New York’s REV Proceeding
Allison Donnelly, ERS, for Zondits. Image credit: Unsplash / 8180 images This is a good time to be working in clean energy. Nationwide, the costs of rooftop solar, LEDs, electric vehicles, …
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NRCan and the U.S. DOE Aim to Align Efficiency Standards
Canadian energy efficiency standards to follow U.S. lead ECEEE, March 4, 2016. Image credit: Photoshot Updated energy performance targets for a range of commercial and residential equipment and lighting products will be …
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California Governor Brown Raises the Bar
Entering an unprecedented fourth term as Governor of California, Jerry Brown is raising the bar for energy and the environment. Rather than paraphrase his speech, we have extracted the section of his speech that addresses energy, efficiency and climate change.