Heating High Rise: From the Ground Up

In this webinar, John Moore, Director of the Sustainable FERC Project at NRDC, discussed some of the issues currently before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the regional markets it regulates, including the potential threats for state RPSs and related state energy policies. Among the issues he discussed are the increasing tensions between state and federal energy policies, energy storage, resilience, aggregation of rooftop solar and other distributed energy resources, PURPA, and transmission planning. This presentation was followed by a Q&A with the audience. This webinar was presented by the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) for the RPS Collaborative.

Renewable energy sourcing is a complex process that takes time, stakeholder alignment and much planning. The second annual Smart Energy Decisions Renewable Energy Sourcing Survey featuring responses from 113 billion dollar organizations helps decouple all stage of the sourcing journey.

The UK Government has now announced plans for the new Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulations which will take effect in 2019.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) hosted a public webinar to provide the latest updates on the development of offshore wind in New York State. This webinar covered Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Green New Deal announcements, including $200 million of investments in port infrastructure and the ramped-up target of developing 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind power by 2035, as well as regional and industry updates, stakeholder engagement activities, and new studies and surveys.