The Texas PUC denied a petition Friday from the Sierra Club and other environmental and renewable groups to grow the non-wind renewable portfolio standard. The groups wanted the PUC to initiate and conduct a rulemaking proceeding relating to the…

In a 2-1 decision the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), stating that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had exceeded its mandate attempting to limit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen…

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a bill today to stabilize Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) prices in the state of New Jersey as reported by NJ.com. The bill signed today will increase the number of SRECs that…

The Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas voted Thursday to raise the wholesale electricity cap from the current $3,000 per megawatt-hour (mWh) to…

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a report last week stating that the growing demand for electricity during the peak times of the year is outstripping new supplies. Texas tries to maintain a 13.75% reserve of…

Yesterday, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed into law S.B. 1187 and H.B. 1187 which increase the Maryland Solar Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) for the state’s 2% solar target.As posted on SRECTrade.com: The passage…