2022

Written by: Eric Pinsker-Smith, Sr. Analyst; and Raghu Palavadi Naga, Director Publish Date: July 27, 2022 Estimated Reading Time: 6 Minutes On July 7, NYSERDA issued a request for information (RFI), seeking feedback on a proposed modification to the formula used for Index REC and Index OREC pricing to accommodate recent capacity market changes.  In …

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Since its first solicitation in 2017 (RESRFP 17-1), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has continued to evolve its annual RES solicitations for RECs from Tier 1 large-scale renewables (LSR) to adapt to changing project development environment, advance existing policy objectives and address new ones, and improve the contracted project success …

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Part 2 of our Multi-Part Blog Series on Capacity Accreditation and ELCC Written By: Erin Smith, Principal Analyst; Raghu Palavadi Naga, Director; Eric Pinsker-Smith, Sr. Analyst; and John Keene, Sr. Director Publish Date: June 22, 2022 Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes In our first blog in our capacity accreditation blog series (see Capacity Accreditation Part 1), …

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Written by: Eric Pinsker-Smith, Senior Analyst; and Toby Armstrong, Principal Analyst Publish Date: May 9, 2022 Estimated Reading Time: 3 Minutes It is an unfortunate inevitability that the production from solar projects degrades with time. This does, however, provide a most fortunate opportunity to write another blog. Photovoltaic (PV) module degradation is a well-studied topic …

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Written by: Andrew Lidington, Senior Analyst Publish Date: May 2, 2022 Estimated Reading Time: 7 Minutes On April 14, 2022, the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an Order approving the Distributed Solar Roadmap: Policy Options for Continued Growth in Distributed Solar submitted by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Department of Public …

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Part 1 of our Multi-Part Blog Series on Capacity Accreditation and ELCC Written by: Eric Pinsker-Smith, Sr. Analyst; Erin Smith, Principal Analyst; John Keene, Sr. Director; and Raghu Palavadi Naga, Director Publish Date: April 6, 2022 Estimated Reading Time: 7 Minutes As states in the northeastern United States aim to decarbonize their electrical grids in …

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IREC report on interconnection of small solar and storage projects points the way forward for interconnection in Maine On March 11, 2022, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a Notice of Inquiry in Docket 2022-00071, containing a Report prepared for the PUC by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP. The two …

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By Eric Pinsker-Smith, Senior Analyst; and Andrew Lidington, Senior Analyst Publish Date: February 28, 2022 Estimated Read Time: 7 minutes On August 4, 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Article 10 into law, making it the primary siting procedure for electric generation projects 25 MW and larger. Under Article 10, project developers were required to …

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By Stephan Wollenburg, Senior Consultant; and Justin Lindner, Market Analyst Fellow II Publish Date: February 24, 2022 Estimated Read Time: 8 minutes While energy efficiency programs may not always be a primary focus of clean energy stakeholders, the scale, scope, and often precedent-setting nature of Massachusetts’ energy efficiency landscape make it a critical component of …

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Written by: Po-Yu Yuen, Senior Consultant & Market Analytics Manager; and Mary McMahon, Senior Analyst Publish Date: February 18, 2022 Estimated Read Time: 5 minutes The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an auction for commercial wind energy leases in the New York Bight next week on February 23. Up to twenty-five qualified …

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