A dozen Senate Republicans are willing to consider a price on carbon but need cover from business groups, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told ACORE.

Democratic FERC Commissioners Cheryl LaFleur and Richard Glick have split with the Republican majority over its refusal to consider GHG emissions in two pipeline orders.

Consumer advocates, environmentalists, wind and solar developers and public power called on FERC Tuesday to “review the design of organized wholesale electricity markets, particularly capacity constructs” in its resiliency docket.

How should New York set carbon prices - and who should be tasked with doing it? Those are questions the state's Integrating Public Policy Task Force have begun to tackle in its effort to integrate carbon pricing into NYISO's market.

The New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) ordered the state’s utilities to open participation in their “value stack” programs to DER projects up to 5 MW.

ISO-NE could see substantial “spillage” of renewable energy and large price separations under scenarios considered in the RTO’s 2017 Economic Study.

New York’s Integrating Public Policy Task Force (IPPTF) debated proposals for carbon pricing from the Long Island Power Authority and National Grid.

Constitution Pipeline asked FERC to reconsider a January order upholding a denial of the company’s water permit application by New York environmental regulators, saying the commission “erred” in its interpretation of the federal Clean Water Act.

Environmental groups have moved to halt an attempted roll-back of Illinois’ emissions standards, which would weaken pollution limits for Dynegy’s coal-fired generation fleet in the state.

Speakers at the NECA Renewable Energy Conference discussed the merits and viability of different methods to achieve New England’s emission reduction goals.