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December 5, 2025

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Growing Clean Energy Sector in Texas May Avoid Damaging Legislation

ERCOT's blossoming clean energy sector has been threatened by bills that would dampen its growth and future investment, but many of those laws appear to have fallen by the wayside in the Texas legislature's closing days.

Convergent Energy and Power
N.J. BPU Backs New Grid Modernization Rules
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved new grid modernization rules the agency says will make the process of launching new distributed sources easier and faster.
Lyons Falls Hydro
N.Y. Finalizes REC Contracts for 2.57 GW of Renewables
New York has executed renewable energy certificate contracts for 26 solar, wind and hydro projects to help meet its clean energy goals.
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Mass. Gov. Healey Introduces Energy Affordability Bill
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has filed a major energy bill that her administration says would save ratepayers $10 billion over the next decade.
Standard Solar
N.Y. Moves to Boost Lagging Clean Energy Development
New York is tweaking its approach to clean energy development as it works to get its lagging decarbonization efforts back on track. 
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Finds Advanced PV Panels Could Reduce Decarbonization Costs
New research by ISO-NE indicates bifacial solar panels with tracking capabilities could reduce the cost of decarbonizing New England’s generation mix by about $3.7 billion.
ERCOT
StakeholderForum: The Unseen Costs of Subsidized Solar
Energy industry insider Doug Sheridan says subsidized solar may look economically attractive today, but its distortive impacts on energy markets tell a different story.
Nexamp
New York Caps Distributed Solar Funding Stream
New York’s distributed solar incentive program is ahead of schedule and under budget, so state regulators are reallocating some of its funding for other clean energy programs.
RWE
RWE Sets Conditions for Further U.S. Renewables Investment
RWE, which put a two-year pause on its U.S. offshore wind development efforts days after President Trump was re-elected, now is setting a higher bar for other renewables in the U.S. market.
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N.J. BPU Backs Wind, Solar Adjustments Amid Dissent
New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities backed measures to keep on track one of its three remaining offshore wind projects and retool a large-scale solar incentive program.

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