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Plans are in place to build a green hydrogen production plant in Pennsylvania that the developers say will be one of the first of its kind in North America. Plug Power, a New York-based company focused on hydrogen projects, is teaming up with Quebec-based Brookfield Renewable Partners to build the plant...

Pennsylvania is set to take a leap in its renewable energy procurement in what officials are describing as the largest solar commitment by any state government in the U.S. Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday that nearly 50% of the electricity used by the state government will be produced by seven...

Virginia sold $43.6 million in carbon dioxide allowances in its first Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) auction since joining the cap-and-invest program in January. "Virginia’s participation in RGGI signals our commitment to addressing climate change while creating economic and health benefits for communities across the commonwealth," David Paylor, director of...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is drafting a proposed rulemaking to require automakers to include light-duty electric vehicles as a percentage of their model offerings and make EVs more commonly available at car dealerships. Officials said the proposed amendment to the state Clean Vehicles Program would make Pennsylvania...

The Biden administration is aiming to support the work states are already doing to eliminate harmful emissions by filling in funding gaps and strengthening climate policy, according to White House National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy. A major focus will be delivering on Biden’s promise to create jobs in the clean...

If 2019 was a turbulent year for PJM as it dealt with fallout from the GreenHat Energy default and the emergence of the minimum offer price rule (MOPR) issue, 2020 proved an even bigger challenge with a worldwide pandemic. COVID-19 was the defining problem of the year as PJM worked with...

Pennsylvania is considering spending some of its carbon credit proceeds on energy efficiency and renewable energy development, a state official told Infocast’s Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Summit last week. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) estimates that carbon credit auctions under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will yield annual...

Although the coronavirus pandemic has sucked up most of the oxygen in this year’s presidential and congressional races, West Coast wildfires, record-breaking heat waves and more than two dozen tropical storms have also made climate change an issue impossible for voters to ignore. President Trump pledged to withdraw the U.S.

By Rich Heidorn Jr. A PJM task force considering the implementation of carbon pricing continued its education sessions Tuesday with an analysis on the impact of Virginia and Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). At its sixth meeting since its formation last summer, the Carbon Pricing Senior Task...

By Christen Smith A dozen testifiers told a Pennsylvania legislative panel last week that joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) undermines the state’s energy production dominance and does nothing to accelerate CO2 emission reductions in line with national and global targets. The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee fielded...