The US Congress recently passed a new energy bill that, until that last minute, included provisions that would have established a national renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The RPS would have required electric utilities to procure a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable resources or purchase renewable energy credits from other sources to meet the standard. This article considers the effects implementing a national RPS would have on the operation of the energy industry. More specifically, the article considers what a national RPS would mean for electric utilities, regulators (state and federal), and consumers. The article considers the impacts a national RPS could have on consumers with regard to short- and long-term electricity costs. The article concludes that, altho...
Achieving a major clean-air goal ahead of state targets, the DWP generated 20 percent of its power in 2010 through wind, water, solar and geothermal systems, city officials announced Thursday. This is a big deal," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said at a City Hall news conference with environmental leaders. "When we set this goal in 2005, the DWP was the dirtiest utility in the nation. Today, it's the cleanest and we have been able to do it at a cost lower than any other utility in California.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) has provided two procedures under which an applicant may have an application accorded special status for examination. The Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan is available if the applicant expressly abandons another copending unexamined application. The Green Technology Pilot Program is available to patent applications pertaining to environmental quality, energy conservation, development of renewable energy resources, and greenhouse gas emission reduction. In view of the trend in filings under the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan, this plan has fulfilled its purpose and will not be extended. In view of the success of the Green Technology Pilot Program, this plan will be extended until 500 additional a...
Maine can create thousands of jobs and cut its dependence on oil through policies that encourage businesses to invest billions of dollars in "energy clusters," according to an early draft of a comprehensive state energy plan being reviewed by Gov. John Baldacci. Business clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected businesses, suppliers and institutions. Development of the clusters in the energy sector in the next 10 years would complement efforts to harness three renewable natural resources: Maine's forests, winds and tides.
Renewable energy has become mainstream, with more than half of this nation's states now possessing mandatory renewable energy portfolio standards. Just three months ago, California enacted the most aggressive ones, mandating that 33 percent of total retail energy sales come from renewable resources by 2020. Gov. Jerry Brown's signing reflects the benefits to California and the range of purposes served by renewable energy portfolio standards: in-state green technology investment, job creation, air quality improvement and promotion of energy independence.
The development and integration into the electric grid of new clean and domestic renewable energy resources is one of the highest priorities for the United States, in light of the dual imperatives of blunting the climatic effects of greenhouse gases and stemming the flow of trillions of dollars overseas for oil imports. Hydrokinetic energy - which includes ocean wave, current, tidal, and in-stream current energy resources - is one promising, though not yet commercially proven, renewable resource. In addition to the further development of hydrokinetic technologies, a key factor in determining whether the country will capture the full potential of this energy source is the regulatory framework in which hydrokinetic systems will operate. The Federal Power Act (FPA) assigns the Federal Ener...
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