Renewable Energy
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Civil Enforcement of the Renewable Fuel Standard Program
Describes the Renewable Fuels Standard Program
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Training Videos
PA’s Green Power Partnership is developing new educational videos on a variety of topics to help users understand the green power market.
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Clean Energy Programs
Links to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary programs that focus on helping individuals, and the public and private sector expand their use of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
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Leadership Principles in Renewable Electricity Use
This page provides an overview of the recent REC prices and strongly encourages all Partners impacted by REC price increases to maintain the ongoing leadership principles of using high-quality renewable resources
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Leadership and Impact
This page provides an overview of the 2018 analysis showed that green power supply options are not uniformly or equally accessible either geographically or across residential, commercial, and industrial consumer customers.
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Leadership and Access
This page provides some guidance around how to make a difference through renewable electricity use.
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Resources for Funding Landfill Gas Energy Projects
LMOP provides information about the federal incentives most commonly used in landfill gas energy project development and a link to the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE).
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Superfund Site Redevelopment Success Stories
EPA’s Superfund Redevelopment Program offers a variety of materials that explore reuse and redevelopment processes and success stories at Superfund sites, including fact sheets, case studies, videos and interactive mapping applications.
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Superfund Success Stories: EPA Region 6
Learn about Superfund sites in Region 6 that have been remediated successfully: RSR Corporation, Pantex Plant (USDOE), and Tar Creek Catholic 40 Cleanup.
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Landfill Gas Energy Project Development Handbook
LMOP provides a handbook with an overview of landfill gas energy project development guidance and presents the technological, economic and regulatory considerations that affect the feasibility and success of these projects.
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Guidance: Liability Reference Guide for Siting Renewable Energy on Contaminated Property
Reference document provides answers to renewable energy developers' common questions with liability and potentially contaminated property
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Fact Sheet: RE-Powering America's Land - Siting Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Properties: Liability Considerations
Fact sheet on guidance document addressing tenants as bona fide prospective purchasers under Superfund
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Community Support at Superfund Sites
SRP engages with communities to strengthen partnerships, enhance remedy protectiveness, promote long-term stewardship, reduce stigma and create opportunities for reduced cleanup costs.
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Webinar - States Taking Action to Align Utility Policies with Environment and Energy Goals
This August 2022 webinar featured three state regulatory experts on how states are increasingly adjusting and adopting programs to incorporate a broader set of environment and energy goals.
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Tennessee Valley Authority Clean Air Act Settlement
A settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 of its coal-fired plants in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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State, Local, and Tribal Webinar Series
Explore webinars and EPA resources tailored for state, local, and tribal governments to plan energy efficiency, renewable energy, climate, clean energy, and electrification policies and programs.
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Webinar - Learn about the CO-Benefits Risk Assessment (COBRA) Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool
This State and Local Climate and Energy Program webinar provides an overview of the CO-Benefits Risk Assessment Screening and Mapping Tool (COBRA). COBRA allows you to quantify the health benefits of air, climate, and energy policies and programs.
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Emerging Issues
This page provides resources to understand the dynamic green power market. EPA’s Green Power Partnership program can offer some insight and analysis to help understand some of the policy and implementation issues associated with these new trends.
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24/7 Hourly Matching of Electricity
This page provides an overview of the concept of 24/7 hourly matching and answers some common questions about this new approach.
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AVERT Webinars
This January 2023 webinar introduced AVERT 4.0, which allows users to model the "tailpipe to smokestack" energy and emissions impacts of electric vehicles. Results are presented at the county, state, and regional level, and can be incorporated into COBRA.