A proposed ‘Regulation for Emissions Trading’ was approved by the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board. The regulation proposed a a system that would be in line with many of RGGI’s major design features, with the aim to link with RGGI by 2020.
New Mexico established a Climate Change Task Force to evaluate strategies and policies to reduce GHG emissions, including the adoption of a comprehensive market-based program that sets emissions limits to reduce CO2.
Provides several innovative land-assembly alternatives to the traditional eminent domain model, including land assembly districts, SPDCs, transmission corridor districts, and equity model limited liability corporations.
Reviewed alternate compensation methods for landowners, including damage payments, annual per-pole payments, and collective bargaining through landowner’s associations.
Including a $15 million Future Grid Challenge, $30 million into the High Performing Grid program, and $5 million specifically to support research on integrating renewable energy onto the grid.
Provide $20 million in grants to energy storage projects that test various, multi-use business cases for energy storage.
NY DPS issued an Energy Storage Roadmap calling for an energy storage goal of 1.5 GW by 2025. In January 2018, the Public Service Commission issued an Order establishing a 2030 target of 3,000 MW.
AB 2514 (2010) called on the state to establish an energy storage mandate, later approved and developed by the PUC.
Offers one of the most recent, holistic approaches in valuing the multiple services provided by energy storage technologies, at every level of grid interconnection.
To help local NY government officials understand and develop battery energy storage system permitting and inspection processes.