The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has released the fiscal year 2014 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, legislation that provides annual funding for national defense nuclear weapons [read more]
Gov. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., has signed into law S.B.252, which increases the renewable energy standard (RES) for cooperative associations that provide wholesale electricity in Colorado and large electric associations that [read more]
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, D-Conn., has signed into law S.B.1138, An Act Concerning Connecticut's Clean Energy Goals. The legislation amends the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS), allowing large-scale [read more]
Ontario is replacing its existing feed-in tariff (FIT) program for large-scale renewable energy projects with a competitive procurement process. According to Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli, the province will work with [read more]
The Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow large-scale hydropower to qualify as a Class I resource under the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS). According [read more]
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has signed a declaration of cooperation with Oregon and Washington to expedite the review and permitting of energy generation, power transmission and other infrastructure [read more]
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.; and Angus King, I-Maine, have introduced the Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 (STORAGE) to [read more]
In a 70 to 63 vote Tuesday, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed an omnibus bill that would require the state's investor-owned utilities to procure 4% of their electricity from [read more]
The North Carolina General Assembly's Public Utilities and Energy Committee on Wednesday voted down H.B.298, legislation that would have repealed the state's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS). [read more]
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced the Hydropower Improvement Act of 2013, legislation meant to make it easier for existing dams and conduit projects, such as canals, to [read more]
