Further calls for improvements to the Green Homes Grant are being voiced, with NGOs and thinktanks issuing a letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor on the subject.
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Attempts to blame the Texas power outages on renewable energy stand to derail calls for bipartisan climate legislation, members of the Congressional Subcommittee on Energy said Thursday.
While Democratic members of the subcommittee viewed power outages in Texas and other states following severe winter weather as a sign of the need for urgent action on climate change, Republican members spoke of the same events as demonstrating the danger of over-reliance on renewable energy.
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., criticized parties attempting to blame the Texas outages on either fossil fuels or renewable energy, saying he hoped to see bipartisan agreement on energy policy. We can t allow the Texas crisis to be used as an excuse to discourage movement toward renewable energy, he said.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday voted 3-1 to vacate an infamous footnote added to a rehearing order on the PJM Interconnection s broader minimum offer price rule (MOPR) proceeding.
FERC s order eliminates confusion over the footnote, which had suggested that New Jersey s default service auction could be considered a state subsidy under the expanded MOPR. I believe this, finally, is the end of the commission s PJM MOPR proceeding, said Chairman Richard Glick. Although I disagreed with our various MOPR orders, I do believe it is time for PJM to move ahead with the capacity auction, which has unfortunately been delayed for several years.