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- cours - matière potentielle : the nile versus frequency
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- cours - matière potentielle : the nile
- orientations
- ancient egyptians
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Warren Leon 'sarps1 statesadvancinrps.or ' States Advancing RPS Newsletter December
StateFederal RPS CollaborativeVol. 1, Issue9 , December 2011States Advancing RPS NewsletterDecember Newsletter SpotlightsAs we come to the end of 2012, I want to thank the many NREL Resources of you who have provided feedback and ideas for this newsletter and for the other activities of the StateFederalNews Updates RPS Collaborative. I encourage you to continue to send in New Publicationsnews, opinions, and suggestions so that we can make sure that the RPS Collaborative is useful to you in your efforts to build and implement effective state RPSs.Best wishes for the holidays, and for a healthy, happy, and successful new year!Warren Leon, Senior Advisor Clean Energy States AllianceWLeon@cleanegroup.org
NREL Resources
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NREL has recently produced two reports on REC markets that will be of interest to many of you who are involved with RPSs:1.States and Trends in U.S. Compliance and Voluntary Renewable Energy Certificate Marketsuses 2010 data to document REC market activity and trends in the US. When discussing the compliance REC market, it covers REC trading, regional REC markets, REC tracking systems, types of compliance RECs, and compliance REC pricing trends. When considering the voluntary market, it includes data and analysis on voluntary market sales and customer participation, products and premiums, green pricing marketing and administrative expenses, voluntary REC pricing, and the voluntary carbon offsets market. The report also discusses upcoming guidance from the Federal Trade Commission on green marketing claims, the emergence of community solar programs, and the potential impact of DoddFrank regulations on the REC market. The report is available at:http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/pdfs/52925.pdf.2.Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) Markets: Status and Trendsexamines the experience with SREC markets in the United States. It describes how SREC markets function, including key policy design provisions, eligible technologies, eligibility rules, solar alternative compliance payments, measurement and verification methods, longterm contracting provisions, and rate caps. It also examines trends in SREC markets, such as trading volumes, trends in the size of PV systems driven by those markets, and trends in price and compliance. Throughout, the paper explores key issues and challenges facing SREC markets and attempts by policymakers to address market barriers. It is available at:http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/pdfs/52868.pdf.A webinar related to the SREC Markets report that will take place on Wednesday, January 18th from 1 pm 2:30 pm Mountain Time. Building off of the report, the webinar will review the status and trends in SREC markets. Speakers will include Lori Bird (NREL), Brad Bowery (SRECTrade), Michael Winka (New Jersey Board of Public Utilities), and Michael Judge (Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources). To register,fill out this formand login information will be sent to you.You may also be interested in a presentation that Jenny Heeter of NREL gave in September on the topic of Examining Combined Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Standards. It is available at: http://www.aceee.org/files/pdf/conferences/eer/2011/BS1B_Heeter.pdf.News Updates Washington Governor Suggests Changes to the State’s RPSGov. Chris Gregoire (D) has proposed to allow improvements and upgrades to hydropower and biomass facilities to qualify for the state’s RPS. The RPS currently applies to almost onethird of the state’s utilities and requires them to get 3% of their electricity from renewables in 2012, 9% in 2015, and 15% in 2020. A major motivation on the part of the Governor for expanding the definition of eligible renewables is to reduce the cost and difficulty of compliance. To read more about this, go to:http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/GovernorweighschangestoWashcleanenergylaw 2402619.php&reason=0Delaware Experiments with LongTerm ContractsJustin Barnes of DSIRE reports that the Delaware Public Service Commission “has approved Delmarva Power’s proposal to develop a pilot program for procuring SRECs via longterm contracts.” To see the Commission’s order, go to:http://depsc.delaware.gov/orders/8075.pdf.North Dakota Sues Minnesota over Restrictions on Carbon EmissionsNorth Dakota has criticized Minnesota’s climate change law and filed a suit in federal court challenging 2
it. Although this is not directly an RPS matter, it raises some relevant issues and argues that the Minnesota law represents an unfair restriction on interstate commerce under the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution. North Dakota, a major coal producer, charges that the Minnesota law requiring a reduction in the state’s greenhouse gas emissions is a “de facto tax on coal resources” and would seriously damage the North Dakota economy. TheMinneapolis StarTributereports that the plaintiffsin the case are the North Dakota “attorney general, two coal companies, their trade association and three electric cooperatives.” To read more, see:http://www.startribune.com/business/133077443.html.New Publications Avoided Costs, PURPA, and FeedIn TariffsCarolyn Elefant, principal attorney in the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant and the coauthor of the CESA report on the implications of the Commerce Clause for RPS design, has published a report onReviving PURPA’S Purpose: The Limits of Existing State Avoided Cost Ratemaking Methodologies In Supporting lternative Energy Development and A Proposed Path for Reform.The report surveys how states handle avoided costs and shows the wide differences between the approaches taken in different states. It argues that “PURPA can still serve as an important policy tool for development of small power producers, including renewables and CHP,” although the states need more guidance on the most ap propriate avoided cost methodologies. The report also discusses FERC’s feedin tariff rulings. The report was produced under contract to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. It is available at: http://www.cleanenergy.org/images/files/Elefant_Reviving_PURPA_Avoided_Costs_2011.pdfRenewable Energy Data BookAlthough this is old news, I want to point out that in October DOE published the2010 Renewable Energy Data Book.It is a valuable resource with many attractive and useful graphs and charts. If you are not familiar with it, I encourage you to check it out. It is available for download from NREL at: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy12osti/51680.pdf.StateFederal RPS Collaborative webpage on CESA WebsiteCESA has revamped its website (www.cleanenergystates.org) and includes a section specifically for the StateFederal RPS Collaborative and its activities (www.cleanenergystates.org/projects/statefederalrps collaborative/). RPS Collaborative webinar presentations and reports can be found here, along with webinar recordings. In the coming weeks, we will add more RPSrelated resources and information to the website.Join the RPS Collaborative ListservIf you are not already a member of the States Advancing RPS listserve (SARPS1) for the StateFederal RPS Collaborative and want to receive future issues of this newsletter and announcement of collabora tive events, please join us. To add or remove your name from the SARPS1 listserve, please email Maria@cleanegroup.organd put “States Advancing RPS” in the subject line. Thank you!
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The StateFederal RPS Collaborative is generously supported by the Energy Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy The StateFederal RPS Collaborative, a joint project of theClean Energy States Alliance (CESA)and Clean Energy Group, was established to advance dialogue and cooperation among a broad network of state government officials and NGO experts. The Collaborative provides a forum for the exchange of experiences and lessons learned regarding the implementation of state RPS policies and the marketing of RECs or credits across the U.S.For more information about the RPS Collaborative visithttp://www.cleanenergystates.org/projects/statefederalrpscollaborative/
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