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How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Additionally, long-term energy plans consider how utilities will operate their existing power generating facilities and what type of new facilities they might build and when. DTE was already far along in preparing its long-term energy plan when the law passed. Photo: FracTracker Alliance/Flicker.

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California Regulators Increased Their Clean Energy Ambition. Will They Deliver?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Today, California took another important step in planning for the transition to clean energy, a step that’s been a long time coming. Setting goals and planning for the clean energy transition is important, but what really matters is following through on those plans.

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What Fixed Charges on Your Electric Bill Could Mean for Charging an EV in California

Union of Concerned Scientists

cents per kilowatt-hour for most customers of these utilities when the charge is rolled out between the end of 2025 and early 2026. But when and if the rate structure change is finalized (planned for late 2025 or 2026), it still won’t get at the reason for a significant portion of the recent electricity rate hikes: wildfire mitigation.

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Energy & Climate CounselFoley Hoag LLP Amendments to Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Standard Finalized, Accelerating Progress Towards Decarbonization of the State’s Electricity Sector

Law and Environment

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) announced that proposed amendments to the state’s Clean Energy Standard (CES) were finalized earlier this month without substantive changes from draft language initially proposed by the agencies in April 2022.

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The Clean Energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC): Direct Pay Claimants’ Race Against Time

Law Columbia

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is chock-full of tax incentives for climate and clean energy projects. But these kinds of new players in the clean energy space face significant barriers as they pursue credit amounts beyond the base ITC credits, and some of these barriers are written right into the IRA itself.

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Now On Demand: Shaping The Pennsylvania Clean Energy & Efficiency Workforce Future Webinar

PA Environment Daily

Join the webinar to address the state of readiness of our workforce for the next phase of the clean energy transition. NewsClips: -- WHYY: Solarize Philly Plans To Help Put Solar Panels On Hundreds More Philly Roofs By 2026 -- Penn State Extension: Solar Law Symposium Aug. Click Here to watch the entire webinar on demand.

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Western States Should Opt In to Regionalized Electricity Markets

Legal Planet

CAISO has recently initiated efforts to also expand the territory of its day-ahead energy market , which provides utilities with power to serve a portion of their forecasted customer demand for the following day. This market is expected to begin operating in 2026. These efforts are called the “ West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative.”