Accelerating Renewable Energy with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission By Tyler StoffJanuary 27, 2021 By: Tyler Stoff January 27, 2021 An examination of the way the new Administration can use its Executive Authority to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy might well begin with a look at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Among several important functions, FERC regulates the nation’s wholesale power markets. President Biden recently appointed Commissioner… Read more
Reflections on a Decade of Nonprofit Education on Wind and Solar Energy: An Interview with Doug Fredrickson and Ed Zaelke By Kevin O'RourkeDecember 2, 2020 By: Kevin O’Rourke December 2, 2020 Doug Fredrickson is the former Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Blattner Energy and Ed Zaelke is a Partner and the Head of Energy Project Finance at McDermott Will & Emery. Both Doug and Ed served as board members of the Wind Energy Foundation (WEF), which became the Wind… Read more
ACORE Hosts its First-Ever Virtual Grid Forum By Maheen Ahmad and Adam CareyNovember 25, 2020 By: Maheen Ahmad and Adam Carey November 25, 2020 ACORE’s annual Grid Forum convenes renewable energy industry executives and thought leaders to explore the business opportunities, policy and regulatory issues, and technology challenges associated with integrating increasingly high penetrations of renewable electricity on the grid. This year, on November 17-18, ACORE hosted its first-ever virtual Grid Forum with the theme “maximizing renewables integration through grid modernization.” Hundreds of attendees… Read more
How Can Hydrogen Enable 100% Renewable Targets? By Maheen Ahmad and Peter ThompsonNovember 10, 2020 By: Maheen Ahmad and Peter Thompson November 11, 2020 Industry leaders gathered recently on an ACORE State of the Industry Webinar to discuss hydrogen’s role in in the clean energy transition. The discussion was moderated by Megan Berge, Partner at Baker Botts, and featured panelists Michael Ducker, Vice President of Renewable Fuels at Mitsubishi Power,… Read more
The Value of Energy Storage: Air Pollution and Climate Benefits By Lesley HunterOctober 28, 2020 By: Lesley Hunter October 28, 2020 Energy storage – an industry that currently employs more than 80,000 U.S. workers – provides several benefits to the power grid that sometimes go unrecognized. This case study provides examples of storage solutions that serve as viable replacements to traditional sources of power generation and result in lower… Read more
Connecting the Dots: Smart Climate Policy Coalescing Around Key Priorities By Tyler StoffOctober 27, 2020 By: Tyler Stoff October 27, 2020 In January 2020, ACORE released Advancing America’s Climate Leadership: Policy Options That Most Effectively Put Renewable Energy to Work, a report that examined notable climate policy approaches for their impact on renewable energy growth and investment, including a federal high-penetration renewable or clean energy standard, a technology-neutral tax credit,… Read more
