Distributed Energy Resources

If federal regulators do the right thing, electricity customers across the Midwest may soon be able to earn…

Our world is getting more electric. Electric vehicles, smart appliances, rooftop solar panels and even fully electric buildings…

NRDC is suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in federal court to overturn two FERC orders that…

Consider for a moment why hybrid cars are so efficient: most of the time, when you’re cruising, the…

Recent media reports suggest that the White House has tabled its plan to bail out costly coal and nuclear plants. While…

Trump administration officials pressured the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to write their March…

June 21, 2018 by Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney, Sustainable FERC Project, Climate & Clean Energy Program  If it feels like…

May 9, 2018 by Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney, Sustainable FERC Project  Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has warned of an energy…

By John Moore, Director & Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney In the time since U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)…

The New England power grid is rapidly changing as energy efficiency and wind and solar power increasingly replace…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency overseeing the competitiveness of the…

This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to…

The Senate has confirmed President Trump’s nominees to fill two of the four open seats on the Federal…

The Trump Administration continues to promote its “coal above all” mantra. Department of Energy Secretary Perry claimed last…

President Trump has finally announced his intent to nominate candidates for two of the three open seats on…

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has directed his agency to conduct a hurried review of how environmental protection…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—the agency tasked by Congress to remove barriers…

We depend on electric power like we do the air. Without electricity our society could not function. For…

By John Bullock and Taylor Jones, NRDC Summer Interns FERC rejects PJM’s proposed tariff revisions, ensuring that the…

By John Moore, Senior Attorney, The Sustainable FERC Project The Clean Power Plan requires states to take grid…

By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum While it’s fair to say that the Supreme Court’s landmark decision affirming FERC’s…

The latest edition of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) report on long-term power supply and reliability…

October 20, 2015 by John Moore, Senior Attorney, The Sustainable FERC Project Written with the assistance of David…

Power plants are responsible for about 40 percent of our country’s carbon dioxide emissions that drive climate change. …

States can meet or exceed the proposed limits on dangerous carbon pollution from power plants while preserving the…

May 25, 2014 by John Moore and Allison Clements A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has handed…

Today a federal agency issued new and better standards for connecting rooftop solar, wind, energy storage, and other…

The amount of electricity produced with renewable energy, especially wind and solar power, is growing rapidly in the…