FERC Takes Baby Steps on Carbon Pricing while Tripling Down on Anti-Renewable Market Rules Amid Legal Challenge

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October 15, 2020 FERC Takes Baby Steps on Carbon Pricing while Tripling Down on Anti-Renewable Market Rules Amid Legal Challenge Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a proposed policy statement on carbon pricing that, if formally adopted, would convey the Commission’s sense that RTO-level carbon pricing based on state policy…

Projected to Add 175,000 Jobs Before COVID-19 Pandemic, Clean Energy Sector Enters Final Months of 2020 Down 478,000 Jobs

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October 8, 2020 Projected to Add 175,000 Jobs Before COVID-19 Pandemic, Clean Energy Sector Enters Final Months of 2020 Down 478,000 Jobs • 40+ states continue to suffer double-digit unemployment in clean energy • 14% of sector’s workforce still jobless as industry nears slow season WASHINGTON, D.C. – The clean energy industry expected to add…

ACORE Challenges Second Attempt by Labor Department This Year to Slow Down ESG Investments

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October 5, 2020 ACORE Challenges Second Attempt by Labor Department This Year to Slow Down ESG Investments WASHINGTON, D.C. – In comments submitted today to the U.S. Department of Labor, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) challenged the Department’s recently proposed rule aimed at discouraging proxy voting under Title 1 of the Employee Retirement Income…

ACORE Statement on Updated HEROES Act

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October 1, 2020 ACORE Statement on Updated HEROES Act Statement from Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE): “While we fully support broad-based measures to bolster the economy, America’s renewable energy workers should not be left behind in our nation’s response to the pandemic. More than 13% of renewable…