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Study: No Silver Bullet for Fossil-Climate Legal Tension

Jan 31, 2021
Jennifer Delony
Customers were at the center of a panel discussion last week that highlighted what can happen when new state climate laws conflict with those currently governing fossil fuels. While people are working to address those policy conflicts, Dale Bryk, senior fellow for energy and the environment at Regional Plan Association,...
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New FERC Rules Sought on Tx Planning

Former FERC Chairs Discuss Need for Region-spanning Buildout
Jan 28, 2021
Jennifer Delony
A group of former FERC chairs during a virtual panel discussion on Wednesday said the commission should issue new transmission planning rules to help decarbonize the U.S. and provide resilience and energy security. Pointing to the success of previous landmark FERC orders, the former chairs said that while the specifics...
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Knowledge Gaps Seen as Barrier to Vehicle Electrification

Jan 26, 2021
Jennifer Delony
In the race to decarbonize the transportation sector, focusing on fleet vehicles, which account for only 3% of registered vehicles in the country, might seem insignificant. But a report by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) says that a successful transition of fleets will influence the rest of the transportation sector.
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NY Grid Study Pushes Meshed OSW Tx, Coordination

Power Grid Study Covers Utility T&D, OSW and Net Zero Strategies
Jan 21, 2021
Michael Kuser
New York state energy agencies on Tuesday released a three-part study that urges faster permitting, planning and approval processes to build the transmission necessary to accommodate the nearly 40 GW of new renewable energy plugging into the grid over the next two decades. The Initial NY Power Grid Study Report...
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Federal transmission buildout

Report Explores Federal Authority for Tx Buildout

Authors Cite Possibility of Overriding State Siting Laws and Processes
Dec 15, 2020
Michael Kuser
The authors of a new report detailed on Monday how, in the absence of action by Congress, the U.S. can build the transmission lines needed to accommodate the thousands of gigawatts in new renewable generation coming online in the next few decades. Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP)...
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State Decarbonization not on Track, Study Says

Dec 9, 2020
Rich Heidorn Jr.
States that have set goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have yet to implement sufficient policies to meet their pledges, the Environmental Defense Fund said in a study released Wednesday. Twenty-five states and Puerto Rico, which have pledged to meet the U.S. commitment under the Paris Agreement on climate change,...
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Ill. PIRG Challenges ComEd on Bribery Scandal, EIMA

Dec 1, 2020
Michael Yoder
The Illinois Public Interest Research Group is calling on Exelon to divest itself from Commonwealth Edison in the wake of the bribery scandal that has ensnared the company and the powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) over the passage of the 2011 Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act (EIMA). In a report...
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Study Outlines Challenges of Decarbonizing New England

Nov 16, 2020
Jason York
The decarbonization of New England’s electricity system will require deployment of significant quantities of renewables and energy storage complemented by firm capacity from nuclear, gas-fired power plants, carbon-capture facilities, hydrogen generation or other options, according to a new study. "Net-Zero New England: Ensuring Electric Reliability in a Low-Carbon Future," co-authored...
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New Data Offer Way to Value Carbon Abatement

Oct 20, 2020
Michael Kuser
A new study from Columbia University puts forward a levelized cost of carbon abatement (LCCA) as a good way for investors and companies to compare technologies and policies that reduce emissions. "Policymakers should recognize that one size doesn’t fit all," Julio Friedmann, lead author of the paper from Columbia’s Center...
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New Study Offers Alternative to Carbon Pricing

Sep 23, 2020
Michael Kuser
Environmental policymakers should abandon the social cost of carbon (SCC) and adopt a more practical metric tied to net-zero-emissions goals, according to a new study. The study, led by Noah Kaufman at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and published in Nature Climate Change, notes that SCC estimates —...
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