| Content Category: Policy Watch |
| Sen. Hutchison Introduces Renewable Energy Legislation |
| on Thursday March 29 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, chair of the Republican Policy Committee, has introduced the Creating Renewable Energy through Science and Technology (CREST) Act to spur [read more] |
| Gov. Ritter Signs Two Bills To Encourage Renewable Energy |
| on Wednesday March 28 2007 by NAW Staff |
| In addition to signing House Bill 1281 on March 27 - doubling Colorado's existing renewable portfolio standard - Gov. Bill Ritter, D-Colo., signed Senate Bill [read more] |
| Idaho Governor Signs Two Bills That Encourage Wind Power |
| on Thursday March 22 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Gov. C. L. Otter, R-Idaho, recently signed two bills into law to encourage the development of wind energy in Idaho.The first, House Bill 130, clears [read more] |
| Colorado's Senate In Favor Of Increasing Renewable Energy Standard |
| on Tuesday March 20 2007 by NAW Staff |
| On the second reading, the Colorado State Senate voted in favor of HB07-1281, a bill that increases the state's renewable energy standard to 20% by [read more] |
| Vermont House Bill Proposes Renewables Goal Of 25% By 2025 |
| on Friday March 16 2007 by NAW Staff |
| The Vermont state legislature committee on Natural Resources and Energy introduced a bill to the House on March 15 relating to the conservation of energy [read more] |
| New Hampshire Governor Requests Support For State RPS |
| on Tuesday March 13 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Gov. John Lynch, D-N.H., has urged the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee to support the creation of a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) as a [read more] |
| Colorado House Approves 20x'20 Bill |
| on Wednesday February 28 2007 by Jennifer Delony |
| Colorado is one step closer to doubling its renewable portfolio standard from the current 10% set in 2004 by Amendment 37. A bill that would [read more] |
| Idaho Power Seeks To Reinstate 10 MW Cap |
| on Monday February 26 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Idaho Power Co., a Boise, Idaho-based electric utility, recently filed a petition to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission proposing that wind projects once again qualify [read more] |
| FERC Reforms Open-Access Transmission Orders |
| on Wednesday February 21 2007 by NAW Staff |
| The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has adopted a final rule reforming its decade-old open-access transmission regulatory framework - established in order numbers 888 and [read more] |
| Minnesota Renewable Energy Objective Passes House |
| on Tuesday February 20 2007 by NAW Staff |
| One of three bills introduced in January to the Minnesota legislature that seek to increase the state's renewable energy objective was passed by the House [read more] |
| New Mexico House Of Representatives Approves Renewable Energy Bill |
| on Friday February 16 2007 by NAW Staff |
| The New Mexico House of Representatives recently passed the Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act (H.B.188) to promote the generation and transmission of renewable energy in [read more] |
| Illinois And New Jersey Governors Plan To Reduce GHGs |
| on Thursday February 15 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, D-Ill., and Gov. Jon S. Corzine, D-N.J., have set new goals for each of the states they serve to reduce greenhouse [read more] |
| EEI Unveils New Principles On Global Climate Change Policy |
| on Tuesday February 13 2007 by NAW Staff |
| The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), an association composed of U.S. shareholder-owned electric companies, has released a set of principles to reduce the amount of greenhouse [read more] |
| Nova Scotia Government Sets New Renewable Energy Regulations |
| on Friday January 26 2007 by NAW Staff |
| The government of Nova Scotia has set new regulations under the province's Electricity Act for almost 20% of Nova Scotia's electricity to be generated from [read more] |
| Massachusetts Joins Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative |
| on Monday January 22 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Governor Deval Patrick, D-Mass., recently signed the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in an effort to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and tackle global climate [read more] |
