Powering America’s Renewable Energy Future – 2021 Fact SheetsBy Erin SnyderMarch 22, 2021Powering America’s Renewable Energy Future
Accelerating Renewable Energy with the Whole-of-Government BlogBy Tyler StoffFebruary 11, 2021By: Tyler Stoff February 11, 2021 The new Biden administration can use its executive authority to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy in a variety of ways. Part one of this series explored how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) can leverage its authority to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy. This blog…
ACORE Hosts its First-Ever Virtual Grid Forum BlogBy Maheen Ahmad and Adam CareyNovember 25, 2020By: 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…
ACORE Comments on FERC Carbon Pricing Proposed Policy Statement Comments & TestimonyBy Erin SnyderNovember 16, 2020ACORE Comments on FERC Carbon Pricing Proposed Policy Statement
How Can Hydrogen Enable 100% Renewable Targets? BlogBy Maheen Ahmad and Peter ThompsonNovember 10, 2020By: 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,…
The Value of Energy Storage: Air Pollution and Climate Benefits BlogBy Lesley HunterOctober 28, 2020By: 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…
Connecting the Dots: Smart Climate Policy Coalescing Around Key Priorities BlogBy Tyler StoffOctober 27, 2020By: 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,…
Not Your Parents’ Carbon Price: Climate-Aware Wholesale Energy Markets Can Be An Effective, Consensus Part Of the Climate Solution BlogBy Tyler StoffOctober 7, 2020By: Tyler Stoff October 7, 2020 Nearly 70% of the nation’s electricity moves through organized wholesale energy markets, where electricity is bought and sold among generators, utilities and traders before reaching end-use customers. These markets are operated by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs), and regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
Petition for Technical Conference on Regional Carbon Pricing Comments & TestimonyBy Erin SnyderApril 13, 2020Petition for Technical Conference on Regional Carbon Pricing
Advancing America’s Climate Leadership ReportsBy Erin SnyderJanuary 9, 2020In a new report released today, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) examines notable climate policy approaches for their impact on renewable energy growth and investment, including a federal high-penetration renewable energy standard or clean energy standard, a technology-neutral tax credit, and carbon pricing regimes. The new report, Advancing America’s Climate Leadership: Policy Options That…
