renewables

California Combined Heat and Power Solicitations

Mark Fumia
February 29, 2012 00:01

Are you a CHP resource that missed out on the first Combined Heat and Power Utility RFO?  Not to worry, there will be more opportunities. PG&E, SCE  and SDG&E are each in the midst of issuing solicitations for combined heat and power products (CHP RFO) as required by the CHP Program...

FERC Regulation of Renewable Energy Certificates?

February 26, 2012 22:45

In the midst of the San Francisco-based California Public Utilities Commission focusing on how to count out-of-state renewable power towards its Renewables Portfolio Standard and what transactions should be considered Renewable Energy Cerificate-only transactions, an important note from our DC...

California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard Program Implementation Continues Full Steam

February 02, 2012 23:47

There’s a lot of action going on at the California Public Utilities Commission in the last week or so. On January 24, one of the Administrative Law Judges in the Renewables Portfolio Standard (“RPS”) proceeding issued a ruling seeking comment on “procurement expenditure...

Green Technology = Green Jobs?

January 11, 2012 18:11

Please take a look at this interesting look by my colleagues, Jeff Gray and Steve Greenwald, into whether green technology will actually pave the way towards green jobs here in California and in the United States more generally. More importantly, they look at the danger of premising advocacy for...

California Public Utilities Commission Issues Final Decision on Renewables Portfolio Standard Content Categories of SB 2X

December 23, 2011 17:59

Meeting in San Francisco last Thursday, the Commission issued a final decision on the Renewables Portfolio Standard (“RPS”) content categories– the so-called “buckets” that we have referred to in previous advisories and blog entries.  Please read our advisory on a...