The EPA
requires electricity producers, many manufacturers and some mining operators to report chemicals that are released to its Toxic Release Inventory.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a mandatory cap - and - trade carbon market encompassing 10 Northeast and mid-Atlantic states,
requires electricity producers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent by 2018.
Not exact matches
Under these policies, a
producer who generates more renewable
electricity than
required to meet its own RPS obligation may either trade or sell RECs to other
electricity suppliers who may not have enough RPS - eligible renewable
electricity to meet their own RPS requirement.
These policies
require or encourage
electricity producers within a given jurisdiction to supply a certain minimum share of their
electricity from designated renewable resources.
The Swedes, like the Belgians and the Germans among others, have opted for a feed - in system: green
electricity produced domestically is given priority access to the grid, by
requiring distributors of
electricity in Sweden to surrender green certificates, which Swedish
producers of
electricity obtain for production of green
electricity.