Environmental and renewable groups are backing an effort to promote a 'Macro Grid' that would deliver wind and solar power from the Midwest to urban centers.

Investors in renewable resources expressed confidence they were poised for a rebound when the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced downturn.

The need for gas peakers and electric transmission and the increasing popularity of hybrid storage projects were recurrent topics at the ACORE Policy Forum.

Speakers at the ACORE Policy Forum said messaging for action to address climate change should emphasize the economic benefits of clean energy industries.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen told Policy Forum attendees Senate Democrats will seek to amend a bill to undo FERC rulings on PJM’s and NYISO's capacity markets.

U.S. renewable investments jumped 28% to $55.5 billion in 2019, showing clean energy is thriving despite the government’s failure to enact climate policies.

FERC voted 2-1 to extend PJM’s MOPR to all new state-subsidized resources, saying it was needed to combat price suppression in the RTO’s capacity market.

Promoters of renewable energy worry about reliability as fossil-fuel plants retire and renewable resources are slow to take over, ACORE attendees heard.

Ohio legislators approved a bill to subsidize FirstEnergy Solutions’ nuclear plants on Lake Erie, providing a lifeline to the industry in PJM.

Panelists at the ACORE Renewable Energy Policy Forum agreed that the Green New Deal has put climate change to the fore of U.S. politics like never before.