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Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Massachusetts Leads the Way in Ensuring Biomass Facilities Reduce GHG Emissions
Posted on 24 May 2012 by Columbia Law - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

By Julia Ciardullo, Fellow, Center for Climate Change, Columbia Law School On April 27, 2012, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) published a proposed final regulation regarding the use of forest biomass for generating energy... Read More

Tags: carbon dividend , thinning , alternative energy , Massachusetts , Sustainability , Julia Ciardullo , Renewable Energy , clean power , Columbia Law Climate Change , greenhouse gases , biomass , renewable energy certificates

Cadwalader Clients & Friends Memo: FERC Confirms It Lacks Jurisdiction over Unbundled Renewable Energy Certificate Sales
Posted on 8 May 2012 by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

On April 20, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued an order accepting proposed revisions to the WSPP Agreement addressing sales of renewable energy certificates ("RECs") made pursuant to that agreement. In... Read More

Tags: alternative energy , unbundled , electric power , Western Systems Power Pool , Jurisdiction , Renewable Energy , Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , FERC , Cadwalader Wickersham , WSPP , renewable energy certificates