Five Ways Smaller Companies Are Accessing Renewable Electricity BlogBy Hans Royal, Schneider Electric Energy & Sustainability ServicesMarch 27, 2018The boom in corporate renewable energy buying over the past five years has changed the electricity landscape. Thanks to rapidly falling prices in clean technologies—bolstered in the U.S. by the federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind and the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar—corporate offtake from new capacity projects has played a major role…
Avangrid Renewables’ Megawatt Madness BlogBy Art Sasse, Avangrid RenewablesMarch 21, 2018As one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of wind and solar farms, Avangrid Renewables is leading the transformation to a reliable, clean energy future. With more than 60 sites across the United States, the company’s plants stretch from coast to coast and from our northern border to the tip of the South Texas…
American Renewable Energy Gala Celebrates Policy Champions and Corporate Leaders BlogBy Erin SnyderMarch 20, 2018On Tuesday, March 13, in the grand foyer of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., over 250 executives gathered to honor policy champions and industry giants for their leadership and contributions to innovation and growth of the renewable energy industry. The 2018 American Renewable Energy Gala was a special night…
Renewable Energy Impact v. Additionality: How and Why PPAs Matter BlogBy Timothy Juliani, Edison EnergyFebruary 26, 2018While additionality has become a key buzzword for corporate renewable energy buyers looking to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, help create new renewables on the grid, and tell a compelling story to their stakeholders, it’s critical to understand the basis of an additionality claim, how carbon offsets are different than renewable energy credits (RECs), and…
FERC Transforms the Role of Storage in Wholesale Markets BlogBy Tim OlsonFebruary 20, 2018Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously approved a rule that will break down barriers for energy storage deployment in wholesale energy markets. Current regional transmission organization (RTO) and independent system operator (ISO) rules for resource participation in wholesale electricity markets reflect the fact that for the last century electricity generation has been…
2018 Outlook: Resilient Investors Cautiously Optimistic for New Year BlogBy Jason Steinberg, CohnReznick CapitalJanuary 30, 2018The uncertainty surrounding tax reform kept many U.S. renewables investors in “wait-and-see” mode throughout 2017. Those brave enough to push forward despite the political backdrop did so vigilantly, with many expending additional financial and legal resources to keep their options open. Each legislative turn drove new scenarios and document drafts. Without a confirmed corporate tax…
When Common Sense Prevails Over Politics: 5 Indicators FERC Decision Should Inform Looming ITC Remedy BlogBy Matthew Crosby, Coronal EnergyJanuary 11, 2018In a decision that rapidly rippled throughout the electricity generation community—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order terminating its docket intended to review the Department of Energy’s notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR). The NOPR, widely recognized as an attempt to shore up uneconomic coal and nuclear, was rejected for failure to establish a sufficient record…
Ensuring Renewable Energy Investment and Growth in Tax Reform BlogBy Gregory WetstoneDecember 6, 2017With the Senate version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) passing on December 2, we’re now in the midst of House-Senate Conference for resolution of the differences between the two bills. The differences are quite significant, which suggests an intensive and difficult negotiation over the next number of days as they seek…
Responding to The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial on Wind Energy and Tax Reform BlogBy Gregory WetstoneNovember 15, 2017The Wall Street Journal published a misguided editorial over the weekend that supported the House tax bill’s damaging provisions to retroactively revise wind incentives. I wanted to share ACORE’s response in my letter to the editor, which was published in print on Nov. 15 as the lead response to their editorial (full text below). Wind, Solar Are Shedding Subsidies. Oil?…
A Better Path for Reliability, Resilience and Affordability BlogBy Todd FoleyOctober 23, 2017A few weeks ago, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry proposed that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) intervene in the nation’s electricity markets to establish new rules that would have electricity consumers subsidize uneconomical coal and nuclear power plants and pay more for power in their electricity bills. In response, today ACORE submitted comments to FERC emphasizing the important…
