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Reports
300 and Counting: State AGs Lead the Fight for Health and the Environment
State AGs have taken over 300 actions defending against the Trump administration’s assaults on environmental, climate and clean energy values.
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Op-Eds
State attorneys general prepare to fight for clean energy rights
“Forward-leaning state laws and policies are accelerating the uptake of clean energy and showing the way to a decarbonized electricity sector that produces broad-based, equitable and economic benefits to state residents. Unfortunately, the federal government, acting through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), is dismissive of states’ statutory rights to shape their desired energy mix”
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Reports
State Attorneys General: Empowering the Clean Energy Future
State attorneys general are utilizing federal and state energy law principles across different forums to ensure that clean energy innovators have expanded opportunities to participate fully and fairly in electricity markets.
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Blog
Colorado’s New Legislative Boost to Clean Energy
Colorado is one of a growing number of states that are implementing increasingly aggressive strategies to curb GHG emissions. These state efforts are more important than ever, given the federal government’s inaction and obstruction on cutting emissions.
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Op-Eds
The looming threat to state renewable goals in wholesale electricity markets
“While I certainly agree with Michael Hogan’s affirmation of states’ rights to address environmental externalities through energy policy in his recent Utility Dive opinion piece, ‘States’ rights, states’ wrongs,’ his argument omits the important discussion of wrongs by Regional Transmission Operators (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs).”
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Blog
FERC Inaction Translates to Inequity in ISO-New England
States exercise authority over electric generation resources, and FERC oversees wholesale electricity markets. But this is not the end of the story. As states set more ambitious clean energy goals that influence what types of generation resources are built, integrating these resources into wholesale markets has become a source of contention
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Blog
What the Legal Battle over Zero Emission Credits Means for State Clean Energy Policies
Although energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide rose for the first time in several years in 2018, proponents of clean energy can be excited about long-term clean energy trends, particularly at the state level
Insights by Jessica Bell (Energy Director & Deputy Director)
Jessica Bell (she, her) is an experienced attorney dedicated to promoting the public interest in the environmental and energy sectors. She previously served as the Clean Energy Attorney at the Center, focusing on energy law issues at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and on state energy policy matters.