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Renewable
Energy Standards Gain Momentum in the District of Columbia
(August 2008) |
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Cleveland To Pass Renewable
Portfolio Ahead Of State Of Ohio
(December 2007) |
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California Act Promotes
Development Of Low-Emission Combined Heat And Power Cogeneration Units
(October 2007) |
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Maine,
Delaware and Pennsylvania Increase RPS Requirements
(July 2007) |
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Connecticut Revises Its
Renewable Portfolio Standard
(June 2007) |
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Recent State
Initiatives Further the Development of Wind Energy
(April 2007) |
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Pennsylvania Public Utility
Commission Rules That Alternate Energy Credits Are Owned By The Electric
Distribution Companies
(February 2007) |
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California and
Florida Adopt New Measures To Promote Renewable Energy Generation
(January 2007) |
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Arizona Increases Existing
Renewable Energy Requirement(December 2006) |
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Renewable Requirements Adopted
in Washington State
(November 2006) |
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States Use Innovative
Approaches To Promote Renewable Energy(October 2006) |
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New England
States Reaffirm Their Commitment To Renewable Generation
(September 2006) |
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Idaho PUC Rejects Challenge to
Wind QF Compensation Mechanism(August 2006) |
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Rhode Island Enacts
Comprehensive Energy Legislation
(July 2006) |
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Proposed
Revision to Massachusettes RPS Regulations Opens the Door for Stoker-Fired
Pile Burn Biomass Units
(June 2006) |
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Ohio Court Rejects
PUC-Approved "Rate-Stabilization Plan" as Violating The State Restructuring
Statute
(May 2006) |
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Minnesota, New
Jersey and New Mexico To Increase Renewable Energy Use: Michigan To Create
State Renewable Portfolio Standard
(April 2006) |
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Wisconsin Legislature Increases RPS
Requirements
(March 2006) |
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Oklahoma Commission Approves
Competitive Procurement Rules(February
2006) |
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Delaware, Rhode Island, New York
and Massachusetts: Renewable Portfolio Standard Update
(January 2006) |
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Maine and Connecticut: Renewable
Portfolio Standard Update
(December 2005) |
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Connecticut Heating
Assistance Law Penalizes "Unconscionably Excessive" Pricing by "Sellers"
(November 2005) |
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Northeast States Move Forward With
Implementation Of Renewable Portfolio Standards
(October 2005) |
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Idaho to Scrutinize PURPA
Rates for Wind QFs
(September 2005) |
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Iowa and Washington Pass
Progressive New Energy and Efficiency Laws
(August 2005) |
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Montana Passes
Renewable Energy Legislation
(July 2005) |
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Join The Growing Number Of Utility Commissions To Litigate REC Ownership
(June 2005) |
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Vermont Legislature is One
Step Closer To Enacting Renewable Energy Legislation
(May 2005) |
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New Vermont
Policy: Wind Energy Development on State-Owned Land
(April 2005) |
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Debate Rages in Court Over
Ownership of RECs
(March 2005) |
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DC Enacts Renewable Portfolio
Standard
(February 2005) |
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Pennsylvania
Adopts Renewable Portfolio Standard
(January 2005) |
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Idaho PUC
Reviews Contract Terms For Intermittent Generation
(December 2004) |
|
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California PUC Accelerates
Planning Reserve Margin Requirement
(November 2004) |
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New York Adopts Central
Procurement Model for RPS Program
(October 2004) |
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Vermont PSB Approves "Cow
Power Program"
(September 2004) |
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California Retail Choice
Legislation Developing
(August 2004) |
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Rhode Island Passes Renewable
Energy Legislation
(July 2004) |
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Connecticut General Assembly
Requires Assessment of Electromagnetic Field Impact on Transmission Lining
Siting
(June 2004) |
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New Mexico Adopts Renewable
Energy Portfolio Standard
(May 2004) |
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Connecticut Regulators Rule In
Utility's Favor On Ownership Of GIS Certificates
(April 2004) |
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Texas PUC Adopts Rule Against
Market Manipulation
(March 2004) |
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New York To
Update Flex Rate Contract Guidelines
(February 2004) |
|
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Ohio PUC Adopts Rules
Governing Market-Based Standard Service Offer And Competitive Bidding Proces
(January 2004) |
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Real-Time Pricing In Oregon
and New York
(December 2003) |
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Twelve States Sue EPA Over
Relaxed Clean Air Act Regulations
(November 2003)
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New York Law Restricting
Emissions Trading Preempted By Federal Law
(October 2003)
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Northeast States Prevail in
Lawsuit to Apply Clean Air Act Requirements to Old Power Plant in Ohio
(September 2003)
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Ohio PUC
Authorizes Issuance of RFP For Proposed Market-Based Standard Service Offer
(August 2003)
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|
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Maine PUC
To Test Systems For Aligning Standard Offer Price Changes With Market
Changes
(July 2003)
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NY, CT And RI Attorneys General
Seek Enforcement of Canadian Environmental Laws Against Ontario Power
Generation
(June 2003)
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Stipulation
Filed With Ohio PUC To Resolve Dispute Over Consolidated Billing
(May 2003)
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California PUC
Order Encourages Distributed Generation
(April 2003)
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New Jersey
Legislation Would Amend Goverment Energy Aggegation Scheme
(March 2003)
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New Mexico
Adopts Renewable Energy Portfolio Requirement
(February 2003)
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Illinois Competitive Service
Declaration Takes Effect By Operation Of Law
(January 2003)
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Maine PUC Skeptical of
Competition in Electric Distribution Service
(December 2002)
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Maine PUC To
Determine Rights To GIS Certificates
(September 2002)
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Illinois Court
Interprets Reciprocity Provision
of Consumer Choice Law
(August 2002)
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Massachusettes Initiates Studies
On Default Services And On Distributed Generation
(July 2002)
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|
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California
Senate Considers Bill To Prohibit Certain Trading Practices
(June 2002)
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New Hampshire
Enacts Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program
(May 2002)
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|
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Kentucky Regulation To Regulate
Merchant Power Plant Siting
(April 2002)
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Municipal Aggregation Proposed
in Rhode Island
(March 2002)
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Virginia State Corporation
Commission (SCC) Considers the Cumulative Environmental Impact of Proposed
Generating Facilities
(February 2002)
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|
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Massachusetts
Protects Customer Privacy While Providing For Retail Market Competition
(January 2002)
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|
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Two States Take Steps To Redefine
Renewable Energy Resources
(December 2001)
|
|
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Texas Public Utilities Commission Approves
Settlement Agreement To Delay Retail Competition
(November 2001) |
|
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Louisiana State
Representative Files Suit
Against the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry
(October 2001) |
|
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Recent State Actions To Promote Energy Resource
Development
(September 2001) |
|
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National Governors' Association Votes On Energy
Policy Plan
(August 2001) |
|
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Wisconsin Governor Announces Energy Plan For
Increased Capacity And Lower Wholesale Energy Taxes
(July 2001) |
|
|
FERC Denies Texas Public Utilities Commission
Petition For Waiver Of PURPA Requirements To Purchase QF Power
(June 2001) |
|
|
Texas Public
Utilities Commission Petitions FERC For Waiver Of PURPA Qualifying
Facilities Rules
(May 2001) |
|
|
California
Court Permits Qualifying Facility to Resell Its Power On the Open
Market; California Public Utilities Commission Follows by Ordering
Utilities to Pay QFs Within 15 Days of Future Deliveries
(April 2001) |
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Idaho
Enacts Legislation Reacting To Court Ruling Enhancing The Possibility
For Competitive Market Under 1970 Electric Act
(March 2001) |
|
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Washington's
Governor Proposes Legislation To Provide Tax Incentives For
Electricity Supply Development
(February 2001) |
|
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Bill
Proposed in North Carolina to Streamline Merchant Power Plant Approval
Process
(January 2001) |
|
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California
Legislators and Governor Propose Changes, Including Restructure of the
Independent System Operator and Power Exchange Governing Boards
(December 2000) |
|
|
Florida
Public Service Commission Approves Buy-Outs of Two Qualifying Facility
Contracts
(November 2000) |
|
|
Public
Utilities Commission of Ohio Approves Transition Plans Filed by Major
Utilities
(October 2000) |
|
|
California
Permits Utilities to Buy Power Through Bilateral Contracts and Enacts
Legislation Facilitating Power
Plant Siting and Encouraging Cogeneration Plants and the Use of
Renewable Energy
(September 2000) |
|
|
Public
Utilities Commission of Nevada Approves Settlement Agreements With
Utilities
(August 2000) |
|
|
Florida
Public Service Commission Clarifies "Self-Service Wheeling"
Rule
(July 2000) |
|
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Wisconsin
Public Service Commission Approves Merchant Plant Rules For Utility
Affiliates
(June 2000) |
|
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Florida
Supreme Court Determines Public Service Commission Lacked Authority To
Issue A Determination Of Need For Merchant Plant
(May 2000) |
|
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Nevada
Power Companies File Court Actions In Response To PUC Order Denying
Rate Increases To Cover Fuel And PURPA Obligations
(April 2000) |
|
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NJBPU
Considers Two Energy Efficiency/Renewable Plans
(March 2000) |
|
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Montana
Public Service Commission Imposes Out_of_Market QF Costs on Customers
Opting for Choice Under Restructuring
(February 2000) |
|
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West
Virginia Public Service Commission Proposes Restructuring Plan
(January 2000) |
|
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California
PUC Permits QFs A One-Time Election To Base Payments On The PX Market
Price
(December 1999) |
|
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Maine
Public Utilities Commission Rules on Standard Offer Bids and Initiates
New Bidding Process Combining Review of Standard Offer and Divestiture
Bids
(November 1999) |
|
|
California
Energy Commission Proposes Changes In Renewables Credits
(October 1999) |
|
|
California
Public Utilities Commission Approves Revisions To Qualifying Facility Contracts Enabling
Market Sales By QFs
(September 1999) |
|
|
Florida
Public Service Commission Rejects Standard Offer Contract Using Hypothetical Measure for
Avoided Costs
(August 1999) |
|
|
Ohio
Passes Deregulation Bill
(July 1999) |
|
|
Texas
Legislature Passes Electric Utility Restructuring Bill
(June 1999) |
|
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Louisiana
Public Service Commission Declares Cogeneration Facility Jointly Owned by a Utility
Affiliate and a Manufacturing Company Not a Public Utility
(May 1999) |
|
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Maryland
Passes Deregulation Legislation Requiring Continuation of Purchase of Renewable Energy and
Study of Further Renewables Requirements
(April 1999) |
|
|
Virginia
Passes Restucturing Legislation Permitting Recovery of Stranded Costs Through Capped Rates
and Wires Charges
(March 1999) |
|
|
New
Jersey Restructuring Bill Passes Both Houses, Providing Limited Exit Fee Exemption,
Renewables Requirement and Securitization
(February 1999) |
|
|
Connecticut
Department of Public Utility Control Orders Revisions to Utility's Divestiture Plan,
Including Autioning of Private Power Contracts
(January 1999) |
|
|
Rhode
Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers Proposes Rules for Nonregulated Power
Producers
(December 1998) |
|
|
New Hampshire PUC Approves Two Restructuring Settlement Agreements
(November 1998) |
|
|
Pennsylvania: PUC Declares Cogeneration Facility Serving Limited Class,
Not A Regulated Public Utility
(October 1998) |
|
|
Arizona: Commission Implements Rules Permitting Phase-In of Retail
Competition
(September 1998) |
|
|
Virginia: Hearings Examiner Recommends Issuance of Certificate of Public
Need to Proposed IPP Facility
(August 1998) |
|
Pennsylvania: Public Utility Commission Reduces Request for Stranded
Cost Recovery by $1.2 Billion
(July 1998) |
|
Pennsylvania:
Court Rules Recovery of Stranded Cost Does Not Violate U.S. Constitution
(June 1998) |
|
Connecticut:
Retail Competition to Begin January 1, 2000
(May 1998) |
|
New
Hampshire: Public Utilities Commission Clarifies Restructuring Plan
(April 1998) |
|
Proposed
Legislation States Retail Competiton Should Be Implemented In Connecticut Beginning July
1999
(March 1998) |
|
Massachusetts
Proposed Regulations Require Disclosure of Price and Emissions Characteristics
(February 1998) |
|
|
Arkansas: Public
Service Commission Approves First Step Towards Retail Competition
(January 1998) |
|
|
Mississippi Staff
Proposes Retail Competition Transition Plan
(December 1997) |
|
|
Massachusetts:
Proposed Legislation Calls for Retail Competition by March 1, 1998 and a 15% Rate
Reduction
(November 1997) |
|
|
Massachusetts
Supreme Court Approves Imposition of Stranded Cost Recovery Charge
(October 1997) |
|
|
Delaware
PSC Staff Issues Draft Report on Restructuring
(September 1997) |
|
|
Nevada
Authorizes Retail Choice by Year 2000
(August 1997) |
|
|
Maine
Legislature Authorizes Full Retail Choice By March, 2000
(July 1997) |
|
|
Oklahoma:
Restructuring Legislation Calls For Retail Competition By July 1, 2002
(May 1997) |
|
|
New
Hampshire: PUC Rules That Utilities With Rates Above The Regional Average Will Not Recover
Full Stranded Costs
(April 1997) |
|
|
New
York Public Service Commission Authorizes Monitoring Of Qualifying Facility Status
(February 1997) |
|
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Maine:
Restructuring Plan Recommends Full Recovery of Stranded Costs
(January 1997) |
