Renewable Energy
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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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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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Summary of Inflation Reduction Act provisions related to renewable energy
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) is the most significant climate legislation in U.S. history. IRA's provisions will finance green power, lower costs through tax credits, reduce emissions, and advance environmental justice.
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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 - 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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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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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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U.S. Renewable Electricity Market
The US green energy market is broken up into two main groups: the mandatory markets including state Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and voluntary markets, also referred to as green power markets. This page delineates this two markets.
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Build & Self Generate
These pages outline the common project development pathway from a project's conception to its completion for most on-site renewable energy projects. .
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Green Power Procurement Considerations
EPA lays out 14 issues to consider when identifying which green power supply option(s) best suit your organization.
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Certification and Verification
This page provides resources in understanding the value and business sense for purchasing credible products from credible suppliers.
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Site Considerations
This page describes the importance of assessing a potential site for a renewable electricity project including the site’s technical, economic, policy, and other variables.
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Credible Claims
This page provides resources to in making credible environmental claims and substantiate them through REC ownership and retirement.
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Frequently Asked Questions
EPA receives questions on all aspects of the green power market. EPA will continue to build out this repository of commonly asked questions and responses to those inquires.
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Resources
Summary of resources found on this web site
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Evaluation
This page provides resources to help understand the proposal evaluation process.
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Superfund Redevelopment Success Stories & Case Studies
SRP develops three types of reuse reports that explore reuse success stories at Superfund sites: Beneficial Effects Economic Case Studies, in-depth case studies of site reuse and Site Redevelopment Profiles.
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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.