Executive Branch

National Forest Management Act

This Act could be interpreted to grant the US Forest Service the regulatory authority to require no net loss of CO2 from the lands it manages.

DOE’s Billion-Ton Report

Identifies potential biomass resources of one billion tons or more per year in the United States.

FERC rule on pumped storage in RTO and ISO markets

Allows energy storage resources (including pumped storage) to more fully participate in organized electricity markets by removing barriers to these resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets operated by ISOs and RTOs.

FERC Order 890

Required that non-generation resources be evaluated on a comparable basis to services provided by generation resources, including hydro pumped storage.