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FERC Might Rewrite Solar Net Metering. Here’s What That Could Mean

GreenTechMedia

A recent petition to FERC could trigger nationwide changes to solar net-metering. On April 14, the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to assert jurisdiction over any on-site, behind-the-meter generation that injects energy onto the grid.

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Retailers can capitalize on energy management and see ROI as high as 30 percent

Renewable Energy World

Multi-site retailers are under tremendous pressure to increase sales, cut costs, and provide shareholders with consistent revenue and earnings growth year-over-year. With HVAC systems sized correctly for the buildings they serve, air quality monitoring should reveal the building is adequately ventilated. About the author.

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A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us

GreenBiz

Climate TRACE (Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions) is a project to use satellite image processing, remote sensing technologies, machine learning and artificial intelligence to monitor worldwide human-made greenhouse gas emissions in real time. Vice President Al Gore. For the unprepared, the damage could be severe. Pull Quote.

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MISO electric vehicle prospects increase (3 out of 3)

Renewable Energy World

With the increase in Electric Vehicles’ availability in Midwest states, it is time to acknowledge the opportunities for charging EVs at MISO, the regional grid operator. Aggregated EVs can be a distributed energy resource (DER). Hence, we can expect MISO to see market integration of aggregated electric school buses.

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Save your energy for a greener 2021

Business Green

Smart Energy GB and Energy Saving Trust reveal five simple energy saving actions that will help small business owners in the retail sector to cut down on their environmental impact. Heating accounts for 39 per cent of the energy usage in the retail sector, so small changes here could have a big impact.

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4 Big Challenges Facing FERC’s Plan to Open Up Power Markets to Distributed Energy

GreenTechMedia

Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Order 2222 , a groundbreaking effort to open up U.S. wholesale energy markets to aggregated solar systems, smart inverters, batteries, electric vehicles, smart appliances, grid-responsive building controls and other distributed energy resources (DERs).

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How Ocean Spray cranberries became America’s '100 percent sustainable' crop

GreenBiz

Specifically, the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform (SAI Platform) used its Farm Sustainability Assessment to verify that each organization within Ocean Spray’s 700-farm co-op is operating with regenerative agriculture in mind. . The coalition of cranberry growers and the administrative structure in place was vital.