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NARUC Releases Distributed Energy Resources Manual

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners last week released its Distributed Energy Resources Rate Design and Compensation manual.  The manual, recently finalized after a year-long development process, is intended to assist states in understanding and managing challenges associated with … Continue reading

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What an Administration Change May Mean for the Clean Power Plan

The fate of the Clean Power Plan has been uncertain from the start, with challengers attacking the regulation through notice and comment, petitions for reconsideration, D.C. Circuit litigation, and briefing for a stay that the Supreme Court would go on … Continue reading

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State Action on Advanced Energy Storage

The National Governors Association recently released a report on energy storage, State Strategies for Advancing the Use of Energy Storage.  The report focuses on actions that states can take to evaluate advanced energy storage as a component of the state’s … Continue reading

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Last Comments Come in on EPA’s CEIP Proposal

On November 1, 2016, the period for public comments closed on EPA’s Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP). Over 100,000 comments were received on EPA’s optional program to encourage early investment in solar and wind renewable-energy generation and efficiency programs in low-income … Continue reading

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New York Looks to Encourage Increased Deployment of Distributed Energy Resources

A newly released staff report from the New York State Department of Public Service (NYDPS) proposes to increase the penetration of solar, wind, battery storage, and other consumer-driven technologies in New York through efforts to better quantify the value these … Continue reading

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