Policy News
- January 19, 2012
- Figtree Sells P.A.C.E. Multi-Jurisdiction Bond Placing California on the Leading Edge of Energy Efficiency Financing
- Business Wire, Figtree
- SAN DIEGO, Jan 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Figtree Energy Resource Company announced today the recent issuance of a $725,000 Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bond that will fund energy-efficient and renewable-energy projects in four different California cities. This PACE bond is the first-of-its-kind in the nation; it represents a ... more ›
- January 19, 2012
- California Expects $1 Billion From Carbon Trading
- KQED, Katrina Schwartz
- And that’s just for starters — but how that money will be spent is still up in the air There might be more money in the first year of California’s cap-and-trade program than expected. Governor Brown’s 2012-2013 budget includes $1 billion in revenue from the state’scap-and-trade program, ramping up this year ... more ›
- January 19, 2012
- The Global Energy Supply Is Getting Greener. It’s Just Not Happening Fast Enough
- Time, Bryan Walsh
- With President Obama’s rejection (for now) of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline fresh in everyone’s mind—and conservatives and the oil industry already hammering him, even as greens sing his praises—you can be sure that energy issues will play a bigger role than usual in the 2012 election. So it’s worth taking a ... more ›
- January 18, 2012
- Transmission for Renewables: Opportunity in FERC Order 1000
- NREL, Claire Kreycik
- In the coming years, new long distance transmission capabilities will be needed to deliver increasing amounts of renewable power across the country. In July 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a pivotal new ruling that reforms transmission policy in efforts to address the aging national transmission system and ... more ›
- January 13, 2012
- California targets ‘vampire’ battery chargers by imposing new energy efficiency standards
- Washington Post, Associated Press
- LOS ANGELES — California has declared war on vampires, but this time it’s no Hollywood monster flick. The state will be the first in the nation to target so-called vampire battery chargers that suck up and waste as much as 60 percent of the electricity they consume. The California Energy ... more ›
