The New York Public Service Commission on Thursday approved an environmental impact statement on the additional renewable resources needed under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) that concludes that the increase "could result in direct benefits in the form of reduction in [greenhouse gas] emissions, additional economic development,...

FERC on Thursday granted North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency’s (NCEMPA) request for a declaratory order allowing it to add battery storage to its system under its full-requirements power purchase agreement with Duke Energy Progress (EL20-15). The commission rejected Duke’s opposition to the request, ruling that the PPA permits NCEMPA...

ISO-NE will proceed with its proposal to eliminate capacity performance payments for energy efficiency resources, despite its failure to win endorsement by the New England Power Pool Markets Committee. The RTO announced last month it supported the rule change, which was initially proposed by LS Power. (See ISO-NE to Eliminate...

The New England Power Pool Participants Committee on Thursday approved a change to how ISO-NE accounts for energy efficiency in its gross load forecast reconstitution methodology. The RTO said the change is needed to ensure gross load forecasts reflect the amount of EE that will clear in the Forward Capacity...

Smart building design can play a central role in California’s drive to decarbonize its electricity system, but the massive stock of existing structures cannot be left out of the effort. That was a key takeaway from a panel discussion Wednesday, part of the California Energy Commission’s two-day forum on "Reimagining...