PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2024

On August 1, PennFuture released this statement related to the latest PJM Interconnection electricity auction that resulted in a dramatic increase in electricity prices in the PJM footprint for delivery in 2025-26. At the most recent auction, the clearing prices for the 2025/26 delivery year, soared to $269.92

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Without power grid modeling tools, the transition to clean electricity would be an absolute mess. Just imagine if grid planners had to guess how many renewables are required to reduce emissions or how much capacity is needed to ensure grid reliability. Surely that would not end well.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

On July 13, Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank announced a long-term renewable supply agreement with Constellation to power nearly 50 percent of its legacy operations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, District of Columbia, and parts of Illinois with renewable electricity. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 28, 2022

First, Union of Concerned Scientists and the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition released a new report on how Michigan and other states can achieve 100-percent renewable energy standards that benefit all communities. Whitmer announced the MI Healthy Climate Plan , a roadmap for meeting the state’s carbon pollution reduction goals.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

Without changes to its queue processing pace, PJM will likely force states to fall short of state renewable targets, even after the reforms it approved last year.” As of September 2022, there were over 202 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy resources waiting in the PJM queue, over 95% of the total queue. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2024

PJM Interconnection operates the regional electric grid serving 13 states and the District of Columbia. It issued a report last year warning that, under current trends, there may not be enough electric generating capacity to keep the lights on by 2028–2030. Pennsylvania’s energy policies have not caused this problem.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

A majority of city residents said they wanted reliable transit, better air quality, more renewable energy, higher household savings, and improved public health. Reducing energy use via energy efficiency would reduce carbon emissions, save residents and businesses money, and strengthen the city’s climate resiliency.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

On February 27, the PJM Interconnection announced the results of its latest electricity capacity auction. PJM said the auction secured adequate resources to meet demand for the 2024/2025 Delivery Year. Prices in most areas were down, but up in areas with local constraints that indicate tightening conditions in certain areas.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

ISOs and RTOs perform many functions, but the short version is that they are like air traffic controllers for the power grid: they manage electricity markets and control the flow of electricity on the transmission system. CAISO’s western energy markets aren’t the only ones on offer. While the power grid in the eastern U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

On November 11, Energy Justice Advocates announced PECO has agreed to contract for 25 MW of solar energy as part of its default power procurement for electric customers from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2029 as a result of a settlement recently approved by the Public Utility Commission. PECO serves nearly 1.7

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By Liu Lican On November 8, China issued its first Energy Law , which aims to support the development and utilisation of renewable energy and increase the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption. However, the law also states that there will be “rational development and clean and efficient use” of fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

On April 22, Dickinson College, Haverford College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Muhlenberg College and Swarthmore College announced they have joined with three colleges in North Carolina as a part of an innovative, large-scale solar energy facility in western Kentucky.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center Next year, the electricity bills for twenty percent of Americans will start reflecting the high cost of failing to transition to clean energy. The cost of lining up those resources has skyrocketed—by a factor of almost seven—to a record high level.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Dow says it will reduce CO2 releases by 2 million metric tons a year while growing its earnings by an estimated $2 billion by 2025. To reach its goal, access to renewables grew by 900 megawatts. Now, more than 25% of its purchased electricity comes from clean energy.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This 2015 regulation aimed to move state power grids away from coal and toward renewable energy. So if the plan were upheld by the Supreme Court next Spring, it would be 2025 before the state plans went into effect, and the 2030 target would be postponed until 2037. It’s now considered irrelevant for all practical purposes.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In March, start-up BasiGo became the first company to launch an electric passenger bus in Kenya. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

As electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to increase, questions about how these cars and their batteries will be disposed of have been top of mind for current owners, future buyers, policymakers, and many experts in the automotive industry. After this second-life use, the batteries are then ready to be recycled.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 13, 2024

As electric vehicle charging stations sprout like mushrooms along our roads and clusters of new wind turbines come online, these two clean energy solutions to the climate crisis are becoming more commonplace. The United States needs to speed its transition to clean energy in order to stave off even worse impacts of climate change.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. The company sells electric motorbikes in Danang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and is exploring the reuse of electric batteries and how to power its factory with green energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

At any point in the summer, extreme heat could trigger electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages. In reality, a big heat wave could lead to electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages during any summer month, but September is when it’s most likely. How well has California’s grid been performing this summer?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

On March 31, Philadelphia-based Comcast announced an agreement to purchase 250 megawatts (MW) of solar electricity from Constellation that will power approximately 12 percent of its U.S. operations and the vast majority of its Mid-Atlantic operations with clean, renewable energy. power grid. power grid.

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A Greener Life

MAY 30, 2022

But from 2025, large building products manufacturer Forterra has said it will be sourcing 70% of its electricity needs from a solar farm in central England. Stephen Harrison, Forterra’s Chief Executive, added: “This agreement sees us making tangible progress in the race to net zero.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2023

On July 6, the PJM Interconnection announced its new process for evaluating electrical generation or storage projects for connection to the regional electrical grid will begin July 10. PJM said 95% of the 260,000 MW projects now in its queue are renewable energy generation, battery storage or a hybrid of both. “In

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

The proposals shall ensure equitable participation by all electric vehicle owners and lessees. Not later than October 31, 2025 the department shall issue at least 1 order that responds to distribution. Department of Energy , there were 30,470 EVs registered in the Commonwealth as of December 31, 2021. According to the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2022

This agreement is the Company’s first investment in wind energy and is designed to help Kraft Heinz achieve its aspiration of procuring the majority of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025. Click Here to download the latest Kraft Heinz ESG report to learn more about the Company’s climate ambitions and progress.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 1, 2024

The grants will enable investments in solar projects , building energy-efficiency upgrades , the buildout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure , and the promotion of climate-smart agricultural practices , among many other projects. Environmental Protection Agency announced the 25 successful applicants for a shared $4.3

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. NextEra Energy. 67% cut from 2005 by 2025. American Electric Power. Xcel Energy. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. 2) Duke Energy. Energy Mix: [link].

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 25, 2022

Today, the regional entity overseeing much of the electric power grid in the Midwest—the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)—approved a set of major new transmission system upgrades that will bring billions of dollars in benefits to the region while better enabling states and utilities to pursue transitions to clean energy.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that the rise in renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind as well as nuclear energy is to dominate the growth in global power supply over the course of the next three years. This is happening even as electricity demand is rising.

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A Greener Life

JULY 31, 2024

Cambodia Solar energy in Cambodia, comprising only 7% of the country’s energy capacity, has emerged as the fastest-growing energy source , expanding over 14% in 2023. Cambodia aims to achieve 70% of renewable energy generation by 2030, with hydropower expected to contribute 55%. GW by 2040. GW of solar power.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Some of these bonus credits are uncertain or difficult to achieve, not only limiting the ITC’s value but making project planning and economic modeling even more difficult for local governments and others wading into renewable energy production for the first time.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Specifically, New York is statutorily required to achieve: An economy-wide 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; 70% renewable energy consumption by 2030 followed by a 100% zero-emission electric system by 2040; and.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

Furthermore, the IRA’s tax credits – and direct pay – are in the aggregate uncapped, so the dollars opened up by the IRA are limited only by the ambition of renewable energy developers and investors, including cities. Project Complexity : Renewable energy project structures vary in their complexity.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

The only reason Ontario’s energy grid is relatively clean (though getting dirtier now) is because previous governments (from other parties) responded to public pressure for cleaner air and lower emissions and phased out the use of coal to generate electricity in the province.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

By Jennifer Matthews, Penn State News Upcycling plastic waste into graphite, used in electric vehicles and renewable energy storage, could positively contribute to the global economy, preserving resources, saving energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions, according to Penn State researchers.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Clean Energy Support Pennsylvania voters favor the clean energy industry. -- Solar (80%) and wind (73%) are overwhelmingly popular, and a significant majority (84%) support spending taxpayer dollars on wind and solar development to increase renewable energy usage. 28 to Oct.

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