Sentences with phrase «new electricity resource»

A March report by the American Council for an Energy - Efficient Economy looked at efficiency programs in 20 states from 2009 to 2012 and found an average cost of 2.8 cents per kilowatt hour — about one - half to one - third the cost of alternative new electricity resource options, the group said.

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Consistent with New York's Reforming the Energy Vision initiative, the New York Independent System Operator today announced new market rules that will enable certain on - site generation resources to participate in New York's wholesale electricity markeNew York's Reforming the Energy Vision initiative, the New York Independent System Operator today announced new market rules that will enable certain on - site generation resources to participate in New York's wholesale electricity markeNew York Independent System Operator today announced new market rules that will enable certain on - site generation resources to participate in New York's wholesale electricity markenew market rules that will enable certain on - site generation resources to participate in New York's wholesale electricity markeNew York's wholesale electricity markets.

This project also supports New York's Clean Energy Standard, an aggressive, nation - leading mandate to obtain 50 percent of the state's electricity from renewable energy resources by 2030.

Department to Design Clean Energy Standard, Ensuring that 50 % of Electricity in New York State Comes From Renewable Energy Resources by 2030

The projects are part of the state's Clean Energy Standard, which hopes to make 50 percent of the electricity used in New York come from renewable resources by 2030.

Don Jessome, president and CEO of Transmission Developers Inc., the company that would build the line, said in a statement that his firm «looks forward to working with all stakeholders to further the development of the fully - permitted... project to deliver clean, low cost electricity generated from renewable resources to southeastern New York.»

The executive said Ulster County currently gets all of its electricity from renewable energy resources and that the county is the only «net carbon - neutral» county in New York state.

Electricity costs are frustratingly high in New York State, so it is important that our valuable hydropower resource be used here to aid these businesses and the workers, families and communities that depend on them.»

Officials said the new solar power will account for a «major component» of Austin Energy's recently adopted Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan, which calls for meeting 55 percent of all delivered electricity using renewable resources by 2025.

New report argues that even the Southeast can get a significant amount of electricity from renewable resources

Already, FERC is rewriting the rules for new transmission lines, potentially making it easier to permit new electricity - carrying capacity — and, as a result, unleashing the development of more renewable resources.

This would still require a major investment in new electricity generation from renewable resources, particularly wind power because it is a well - established and relatively cheap technology.

South and Central America could generate 100 percent of their electricity with renewable resources, a new study finds

And, any new tests will have to be able to work in environments where resources such as electricity and refrigeration may be in short supply.

Power supply The CEC also has a mandate to prioritize new electricity - generating projects that either improve the efficiency of producing that power or are derived from renewable resources, such as the sun, wind and hot rocks (geothermal).

A new study co-authored by Steven Davis, associate professor of Earth system science, shows that the U.S. can meet 80 percent of its electricity demand with renewable solar and wind resources.

The report, «Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards: An Assessment of Regional Supply and Demand Conditions Affecting the Future of Renewable Energy in the West,» compares the cost of renewable electricity generation (without federal subsidy) from the West's most productive renewable energy resource areas — including any needed transmission and integration costs — with the cost of energy from a new natural gas - fired generator built near the customers it serves.

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Earlier this week, Daniel Lashof of the Natural Resources Defense Council blogged about the group's new proposal for cutting carbon dioxide emissions from American power plants — not just at the plant itself but by creating incentives for end users to conserve electricity.

In addition, four New England states have established policies to secure a percentage of their electricity from renewable resources such as wind.

New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New York are top distributed solar states despite relatively less favorable solar resources because of consistent state solar PV policies and incentives and some of the highest residential electricity prices in the country.

Power generators are turning away from coal for a host of reasons: In some instances natural gas is cheaper; many states are requiring utilities to generate a certain portion of electricity from renewable resources; individual cities (and even an entire Canadian province) have decided to stop purchasing electricity created by burning coal; and new Environmental Protection Agency regulations are making it more expensive and less economical to use coal plants.

«Our study shows that on average, electricity from new wind resources is nearly four times more expensive than from existing nuclear and nearly three times more expensive than from existing coal,» according to a summary of Stacy and Taylor's 2015 report found on IER's website.

By reducing the overall amount of electricity the State consumes, this project advances Governor Cuomo's Reforming the Energy Vision strategy and recently enacted Clean Energy Standard, a nation - leading mandate that 50 percent of New York State's electricity come from renewable energy resources by 2030.

Investments that encourage the construction of new renewable resources will cut the demand for fossil fuel - based electricity, reducing air pollution and global warming emissions.

Building enough new solar and wind capacity to meet California's 33 percent renewables by 2020 mandate will not be easy — but reliably getting the electricity generated by those resources to the places where it will be consumed may be even tougher.

New England has abundant onshore wind energy resources, with the technical potential to supply about 60 percent of the region's current electricity use.

The order, issued in mid-February, directs RTOs and ISOs to come up with new tariffs that would allow energy storage resources to provide multiple electricity market services.

Henry Yoshimura is the Director of Demand Resource Strategy for ISO New England where he is responsible for integrating distributed energy resources (energy efficiency, demand response, distributed generation) into the New England wholesale electricity market.

A new law in Maryland scheduled to take effect on January 1st will require state utility companies to purchase more electricity generated from solar energy resources sooner than originally scheduled.

The state's Clean Energy Standard calls for 50 percent of the electricity in New York to come from renewable resources by 2030.

In fact, in strong wind resource regions such as the Great Plains and Texas, wind is the most cost - effective source of new electricity.

These policy actions include new legislation requiring long - term contracting for renewables and other resources in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, revised incentives for distributed generation resources, changes to RPS polices in other states in New England, proposed Massachusetts - specific CO2 caps, and newly - revised forecasts for electricity sales that take the full impact of new energy efficiency measures into accounew legislation requiring long - term contracting for renewables and other resources in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, revised incentives for distributed generation resources, changes to RPS polices in other states in New England, proposed Massachusetts - specific CO2 caps, and newly - revised forecasts for electricity sales that take the full impact of new energy efficiency measures into accouNew England, proposed Massachusetts - specific CO2 caps, and newly - revised forecasts for electricity sales that take the full impact of new energy efficiency measures into accounew energy efficiency measures into account.

NRG Energy is building a new gas plant that can be at full power in 10 minutes — a fast start time that will help firm up the power grid when intermittent renewable resources are not producing electricity.

Here is the latest estimates and projections for new electricity generation technologies for Australia Australian Government Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics, «Australian Energy Technology Assessment 2012»

These flexibility needs are rapidly expanding as a result of numerous industry trends: (a) recognition by policymakers that renewable energy resources are needed to meet long - term emissions reductions goals; (b) customers» increasing desire to voluntarily procure renewable energy or generate electricity on - site; and (c) substantial technological improvements that have driven down the cost of renewable resources to the point where, even before accounting for tax incentives, they are the lowest - cost option for new generating plants in some regions of the country.

Clean Energy Communities advances the Governor's Reforming the Energy (REV) strategy by demonstrating the importance of communities in helping New York reach its Clean Energy Standard of 50 percent of the state's electricity coming from renewable energy resources by 2030.

Shifting to more electricity in the hybrid engine fuel mix opens profitable new investment opportunities in developing the vast U.S. wind resources.

Energy efficiency works hand in hand with coordinated improvements in our energy system: by reducing overall demand for energy, energy efficiency allows renewable energy resources to ramp up and offsets increased electricity demand from new technologies.

, like PJM's other electricity markets, is meant to promote efficiency and encourage new competitive resources to enter the market, with everyone competing on an even playing field.

The capacity market, like PJM's other electricity markets, is meant to promote efficiency and encourage new competitive resources to enter the market, with everyone competing on an even playing field.

Abstract: In 2016, the New York Public Service Commission enacted the Clean Energy Standard (CES), under which 50 % of all electricity sold by the state's utilities must come from renewable generating resources by 2030, and emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) must be reduced by 40 %.

In its Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding, the New York Public Service Commission has undertaken an ambitious initiative to improve the New York electricity system through better incorporation of distributed energy resources (DERs): distributed generation, distributed storage, energy efficiency, and demand response.

Improved energy - efficiency tactics — such as switching to light bulbs that use less electricity — could be required by the new rules and lead to lower costs for consumers and businesses, argues Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in a proposal to reduce carbon emissions, a plan that the EPA's is widely expected to resemble.

Estimated Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) for New Generation Resources, 2019 U.S. average levelized costs (2012 $ / MWh) for plants entering service in 2019

Both sets of comments explain that New England's expanding clean energy resources are moving the grid in the right direction by reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and lessening the electricity system's vulnerability to cold - weather disruptions in natural gas supplies.

With the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the WEM access module was linked to a geospacial model of electricity demand and resources for sub-Saharan Africa to determine the least - cost evolution of electrification in the New Policies Scenario and to deliver universal electricity access.

Of course, any change in the electricity generation mix will result in job losses in some areas, such as the closure of existing coal plants, and gains in other areas, such as new renewable energy resources and energy efficiency.

«Under Governor Cuomo's leadership, solar power is increasing rapidly in New York State and supports the Clean Energy Standard mandate that 50 percent of electricity used here come from renewable resources by 2030,» said John B. Rhodes, President and CEO, NYSERDA.