ACORE CEO Greg Wetstone Testifies Before Congress, Highlights Sobering Toll of COVID-19 on Renewable Energy Jobs and Calls for Immediate Action By Daniel WolfJune 24, 2020 By: Daniel Wolf June 25, 2020 Last week, the Energy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing entitled, “Reviving our Economy: COVID-19’s Impact on the Energy Sector.” Witnesses included Ernest Moniz, former Secretary of Energy and current Energy Futures Initiative President and CEO; Rich Powell, ClearPath Executive Director; and our… Read more
Fact Check: Planet of the Humans Gets It Fundamentally Wrong on Renewable Energy By Lesley HunterMay 12, 2020 By: Lesley Hunter May 12, 2020 Renewable energy today provides nearly a fifth of America’s electricity generation, and that share continues to increase as renewable power improves the performance of our electric system, reduces carbon emissions and provides numerous other benefits for the environment, public health and the economy. However, you wouldn’t learn any of… Read more
COVID-19 Hinders Progress in U.S. Renewable Energy Job Growth By Maheen AhmadApril 22, 2020 By: Maheen Ahmad April 23, 2020 U.S. employment in the renewable energy sector increased in 2019 and was expected to continue growing in 2020. However, the global COVID-19 pandemic has stopped clean energy job growth in its tracks. Supply chain disruptions, social distancing measures, project delays and cancellations, and other pandemic-related factors are significantly… Read more
Examining Priorities for Transmission and Renewable Integration By Tyler StoffApril 10, 2020 April 10, 2020 By: Tyler Stoff This post follows Part 1, Assessing the Impact of FERC’s MOPR and BSM Decisions on Wholesale Markets, which was released earlier this month. In early March, ACORE members joined an Executive Meeting in Washington, D.C. ahead of the 2020 ACORE Policy Forum to assess the effects of emerging power and integration issues on renewable growth. The… Read more
Assessing the Impact of FERC’s MOPR and BSM Decisions on Wholesale Markets By Tyler StoffApril 2, 2020 April 2, 2020 By: Tyler Stoff In early March, ACORE members joined an Executive Meeting in Washington, D.C. ahead of the 2020 ACORE Policy Forum to assess the effects of emerging power market and integration issues on renewable growth. Discussion included an analysis of FERC’s recent and controversial expansion of the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) in PJM and Buyer-Side Mitigation… Read more
ACORE Survey: Pandemic Brings Uncertainty to Project Completion Timelines and Financing By Lesley HunterMarch 25, 2020 By: Lesley Hunter The rapid spread of COVID-19 is upending the health and livelihoods of workers throughout America’s renewable energy industry, numbering over 450,000 employees across all 50 states. Economically, the pandemic is putting significant dollars at risk for U.S. renewable energy businesses this year, ranging up to $5 billion per company. Project delays caused… Read more
