ACORE Welcomes FERC Nominee Willie Phillips, Calls for Quick Confirmation Press ReleasesBy Allie HartleySeptember 9, 2021September 9, 2021 ACORE Welcomes FERC Nominee Willie Phillips, Calls for Quick Confirmation WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Biden today announced his intent to nominate Willie Phillips, Chairman of the District of Columbia Public Service Commission, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Following is a statement from Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the…
50+ Organizations Call for Inclusion of Stable, Long-Term Clean Energy and Transportation Tax Incentives in Budget Reconciliation Package Press ReleasesBy Allie HartleySeptember 7, 2021September 7, 2021 50+ Organizations Call for Inclusion of Stable, Long-Term Clean Energy and Transportation Tax Incentives in Budget Reconciliation Package WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 50 diverse stakeholders, including environmental organizations, renewable energy companies, faith groups, and clean energy and transportation associations, wrote to the House Ways and Means Committee today requesting the…
Clean Incentives Coalition Clean Energy Tax Letter to House Ways and Means Committee LettersBy Allie HartleySeptember 7, 2021 Clean Incentives Coalition Clean Energy Tax Letter to House Ways and Means Committee
ACORE Statement on the U.S. House Approving the Budget Resolution Press ReleasesBy Allie HartleyAugust 24, 2021August 24, 2021 ACORE Statement on the U.S. House Approving the Budget Resolution Statement From Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy: “Today’s House vote to pass the FY22 Budget Resolution sets the stage for Congress to finally take decisive action on the climate crisis. A stable, long-term, full-value…
Transmission Projects Ready to Go: Plugging into America’s Untapped Renewable Resources ReportsBy Allie HartleyApril 27, 2021 Transmission Projects Ready-to-Go: Plugging into America’s Untapped Renewable Resources identifies 22 high-voltage transmission projects that, if built, could create around 600,000 jobs and interconnect 60,000 megawatts of new, renewable capacity. According to research conducted by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid and sponsored by the Macro Grid Initiative, the wind and solar development enabled…
Disconnected: The Need for a New Generator Interconnection Policy ReportsBy Allie HartleyJanuary 12, 2021 Disconnected: The Need for a New Generator Interconnection Policy, a report sponsored by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid on behalf of the Macro Grid Initiative, examines the interconnection process and finds that policies governing queues are unworkable and inefficient, having resulted in a backlog of 734 gigawatts of proposed generation — 90 percent…
Macro Grids in the Mainstream: An International Survey of Plans and Progress ReportsBy Allie HartleyNovember 18, 2020 Macro Grids in the Mainstream: An International Survey of Plans and Progress demonstrates the value of developing interregional transmission and macrogrids to inform US energy policy and engineering communities through a discussion of: (1) the global state of macrogrids, (2) the benefits, cost and characteristics of implementation, (3) engineering design, and (4) consolidating and…
