ACORE responded to the Committee’s request for feedback on the current federal permitting process, challenges, and potential solutions following its February 19, 2025, hearing titled, “Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Process.”
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ACORE Comments to Inform Implementation of California Climate-Disclosure Legislation
- Policy
- Sustainable Investing & ESG
- Comments & Testimony
ACORE submitted a comment letter to the California Air Resources Board in response to their information solicitation to inform implementation of California climate-disclosure legislation: Senate Bills 253 and 261, as amended by SB 219.
Tax Stability for Energy Dominance
Tax Stability for Energy Dominance, an ACORE report, explores how American leadership and innovation across all energy sources can advance American energy dominance.
2024 Annual Report
- Finance
- Policy
- Technology
- Annual Reports
2024 was an extraordinary year of growth for the clean energy industry and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).
ACORE Comments on the NERC Interregional Transfer Capability Study
- Grid Infrastructure
- Transmission & Power Markets
- Comments & Testimony
In these comments, ACORE commends NERC for the analysis while recognizing that the recommended 35 gigawatts of prudent additions to interregional transfer capability is an understatement of the need for interregional transmission.
Assessment and Evaluation of Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs)
With demand for new electricity generation rapidly rising — amid long timelines for planning and building new transmission lines — utilities, regional grid operators, state regulators, and many other stakeholders are increasingly seeking options for expanding transmission capacity on the existing grid. Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETS) are hardware and/or software that dynamically increase the capacity and reliability of existing power…
Opportunities for Transmission in TVA’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) faces a critical moment in planning for its future energy needs. These comments provide actionable recommendations that the TVA can implement to incorporate transmission considerations in its IRP and adopt proactive, multi-value transmission planning principles.
ACORE Comments on MISO-SPP Waiver Request for CSP Study Requirements
- Grid Infrastructure
- Transmission & Power Markets
- Comments & Testimony
ACORE submitted comments supporting MISO and SPP’s request for a limited prospective waiver that would allow them to evaluate a wider array of transmission benefits as part of their Coordinated System Plan study.
Recommendations for Reducing Costs and Improving Reliability for Tennessee Valley Authority Customers
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is conducting its legally mandated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) process, an undertaking that currently does not require inclusion of the transmission expansion options necessary to ensure procurement of the lowest-cost power options. Notably, the TVA service territory experienced rolling blackouts for the first time in its more than 90-year history…
Joint Letter to the Northeast Power Coordinating Council on HVDC Bipole Contingencies
ACORE, the American Clean Power Association, and RENEW Northeast wrote to request that the Northeast Power Coordinating Council reassess its current treatment of bipole high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems as a single contingency and align with the both the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s criteria and European practice to instead treat the loss of both poles as two separate contingencies when considering new, modern HVDC systems.
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