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Comments to New Jersey on Cost Test Straw Proposal

Public Comments / August 5, 2020 / Download
New Mexico PRC Adopts Plan to Replace San Juan Coal Plant with Renewables Portfolio

News / July 30, 2020
Comments to Virginia on Developing an Energy Storage Rule

Public Comments / July 29, 2020 / Download
Comments to DOE on Energy Conservation Standards for Water Heaters

Public Comments / July 6, 2020 / Download
Comments to DOE on Energy Conservation Standards for External Power Supplies

Public Comments / July 6, 2020 / Download

Publications

Markets, Externalities, and the Federal Power Act: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Authority to Price Carbon Emissions

Article revised for the Environmental Law Reporter

Academic Articles/Working Papers / August 7, 2020 / by Bethany Davis Noll and Burcin Unel
Energy Transition, Distributed Energy Resources, and the Need for Information

Academic Articles/Working Papers / June 30, 2020 / by Burcin Unel, Sylwia Bialek, Jip Kim, and Yury Dvorkin
Carbon Pricing in Wholesale Energy Markets

Conference Brief

Issue Briefs / May 26, 2020

In the News

Does Your State Want to Cut Carbon Emissions? These Old Laws Could Be Standing in the Way.

News Clip / Grist / August 10, 2020
FERC Rejects Net Metering Challenge

News Clip / RTO Insider / July 17, 2020
This Is Not the Way to Move Beyond Net Metering

Op-Ed / Utility Dive / June 18, 2020
States Are Facing a New Attack on Clean Energy, But They Can Evade It

Op-Ed / The Hill / April 14, 2020
States Don’t Have to Wait for Congress to Put a Price on Carbon

Op-Ed / The Wall Street Journal (Opinion) / November 21, 2019

Media Resources

FERC Rejects NERA Petition Threatening Net Metering Programs

July 16, 2020
Statement on FERC Expansion of MOPR

Press Releases / December 19, 2019
Statement on New York ZEC Program Court Ruling

Press Releases / October 8, 2019
New Report Analyzes Electric Grid Resilience and Reveals Flaws in Coal Bailout Plan

Press Releases / August 1, 2018
New Report Highlights How Energy Storage Could Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Press Releases / April 25, 2018