Clean Incentives Coalition Clean Energy Tax Letter to Congressional Leadership LettersBy Allie HartleyFebruary 3, 2022Clean Incentives Coalition Clean Energy Tax Letter to Congressional Leadership
ACORE Announces New Director of Electricity Policy Press ReleasesBy Allie HartleyFebruary 1, 2022February 1, 2022 ACORE Announces New Director of Electricity Policy WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) announced today that Elise Caplan has joined the organization as Director of Electricity Policy. In this role, Caplan will be responsible for leading ACORE’s Transmission and Markets Working Group and driving the organization’s work involving…
ACORE Statement on the America COMPETES Act Press ReleasesBy Allie HartleyJanuary 26, 2022January 26, 2022 ACORE Statement on the America COMPETES Act Statement From Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy: “ACORE applauds the introduction of the America COMPETES Act, which authorizes billions of dollars to construct new solar manufacturing facilities and expand or upgrade existing facilities, and provides additional funding to…
Former Military Leaders Urge FERC to Advance Transmission Planning Reforms to Ensure Reliable, Resilient Grid UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyJanuary 18, 2022 Following a December 2021 Roundtable on National Security & Transmission hosted by ACORE and SAFE, several participating former military leaders and senior DOD officials agreed to submit a statement offering their security perspectives on FERC’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) on transmission planning, cost allocation, and generator interconnection. The statement noted that…
Post-Technical Conference Comments of Clean Energy Parties on Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Comments & TestimonyBy Allie HartleyJanuary 14, 2022Post-Technical Conference Comments of Clean Energy Parties on Electric Transmission Incentives Policy
ACORE Statement on Biden-Harris Administration Actions to Deploy Clean Energy, Create Jobs and Lower Costs for Consumers Press ReleasesBy Allie HartleyJanuary 12, 2022January 12, 2022 ACORE Statement on Biden-Harris Administration Actions to Deploy Clean Energy, Create Jobs and Lower Costs for Consumers Statement From Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy: “We applaud the Biden-Harris Administration on taking several bold actions today to deliver the clean energy Americans want and deserve, including…
ACORE Welcomes 2022 Class of New and Returning Board Members Press ReleasesBy Allie HartleyJanuary 6, 2022January 6, 2022 ACORE Welcomes 2022 Class of New and Returning Board Members WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national nonprofit that unites finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy, today announced its new Board class for 2022. Five new members have joined the…
Future Cost-Competitive Electricity Systems And Their Impact On US CO2 Emissions UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 Future Cost-Competitive Electricity Systems and Their Impact on US CO2 Emissions, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and published in the Nature Climate Change journal, models the benefits of constructing a nationwide HVDC transmission network designed to tap into renewable and other low-carbon resources geographically dispersed throughout the country. Under such a network design,…
Net-Zero America: Potential Pathways, Infrastructure, And Impacts UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 Net-Zero America: Potential Pathways, Infrastructure, and Impacts outlines five energy system pathways the U.S. can potentially choose to reach net zero emissions by the year 2050, alongside a number of priority actions needed by 2030 to assist in that transition. The report provides capital costs estimates for transmission required through 2030 under three of the…
Carbon-Neutral Pathways For The United States UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 This report outlines a pathway for the global energy sector to reach net-zero CO2 emissions that emphasizes the transformation of the electric power sector and the three main end-use sectors – industry, transport, and buildings. The electric power sector, while the largest source of energy-related CO2 emissions today, has the potential to be the…
