Renewable Energy

Carbon-free energy and reliable electric service are like cookies and ice cream; while they’re good on their own,…

By Eric DeBellis, NRDC Legal Intern ISO New England, Inc., Docket No. ER15-1137-000 FERC accepted ISO New England’s…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released its first installment of its Quadrennial…

An electric power industry organization has issued a new report on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to cut…

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…

Despite years of successful experience, dozens of studies, and increasing utility support for clean energy, urban myth holds…

Nov 18, 2014 by Steve Dahlke Steve Dahlke is a Policy Associate for the Great Plains Institute. King Arthur…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum In response to last winter’s Polar Vortex, which stressed much of our nation’s…

The electric power industry is changing, driven by many factors. Leading the way are quintessential marketplace factors like…

By Joe Marren, NRDC Alum The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today largely approved a plan that would…

This post was updated following the public release of the study. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power…

[symple_box color=”green” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] Last winter’s extreme cold weather, coupled with flaws in the power markets, drove…

Terrific news! A federal court today upheld in its entirety the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) groundbreaking electric…

The U.S. Senate today approved President Obama’s nominations of Cheryl LaFleur and Norman Bay as commissioners of the…

By Sonia Aggarwal, Eric Gimon, and the experts of America’s Power Plan This post originally appeared here, and…

By Stacey Steep, Legal Fellow with the Sierra Club This month, PJM, the largest grid operator in the country,…

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

Apr 29, 2014 by John Moore and Allison Clements In the grip of the “Polar Vortex,” much of…

Many of the nation’s major high power electric transmission owners have formed entities called regional transmission organizations (RTOs)…

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an important set of reforms intended to save consumers money and…

PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest power transmission grid organization, announced last week that wind and solar power could…

By Mike Jacobs, Senior Energy Analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Climate & Energy Program Power grid…

A cold Sunday morning in Washington, DC isn’t when you would expect to find hundreds of utility regulators…

By Mark Kresowik, Eastern Region Deputy Director for the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign The East Coast was…

Opponents of power plant pollution control standards waved the red herring of grid reliability at a congressional hearing…

By Seth Kaplan, Vice President for Policy and Climate Advocacy at the Conservation Law Foundation Dealing with the…

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

Sep 25, 2013 by Seth Kaplan, Vice President for Policy and Climate Advocacy at the Conservation Law Foundation. First,…

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

By Carl Zichella, NRDC Alum There is a deep irony at work in the intersection of energy and…