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. The US Department of Energy (DOE) Green Power Network held an informative webinar on the California – REC Market on March 30th 2012. This webinar will present current updates regarding the California REC market. Participants will learn how California’s 33% Renewable Portfolio Standard treats renewable energy certificates (RECs). The webinar will highlight implementation of [...]

. After much consideration, we have made the decision to shut down (at least temporarily) the registration and reporting side of Leaf Exchange.  As of February 24, 2012 we will no longer be taking new registrations, and for existing customers we will return your RECs to you and no longer production report on your account.  [...]

By: Adam Gerza, 1/17/12 . We published a blog in December about the bad news we got from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on 12/15/11.  The CPUC ruled that Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) produced by California solar systems are not classified into the in-state ‘bucket 1′ category; but instead categorized into the less desirable [...]

By: Adam Gerza, 12/15/11 Tweet . The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted today on the Portfolio Content Category (aka ‘bucket status’) issue, and the result was not good for in-state generators of unbundled Renewable Energy Credits (RECs).  In a 5-to-0 vote the CPUC approved the Proposed Decision in its current form, which classifies in-state [...]

By: Leaf Exchange Staff, 11/22/11 Tweet . The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is scheduled to vote on the Portfolio Content Category (aka “bucket status”) of in-state generators of unbundled Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) on December 1st, among a number of issues.  This decision will go a long way towards shaping the California REC market [...]

By: Adam Gerza, 10/27/11 Tweet . The California Energy Commission (CEC) held their long anticipated Staff Workshop to discuss proposed changes to the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Eligibility Guidebook on Friday, October 21st (it was delayed from October 7th).  The 3 hour audio recording and presentation slides are available on the CEC website. This blog [...]

By: Adam Gerza, 10/20/11 Tweet . On October 7th California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Anne Simon issued a Proposed Decision (PD) on Portfolio Content Categories for the California RPS Program.  This is the highly anticipated ‘bucket status’ issue. We discussed this issue in a previous blog.  As a reminder there are [...]

By: Stuart Wood, 10/3/11 Tweet The California Energy Commission (CEC) has scheduled a workshop for this Friday, October 7th to discuss proposed changes to their Renewables Portfolio Standard Eligibility guidebook. A key item to be discussed is the eligibility status of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) produced from Distributed Generation (DG) facilities. In their Summary of [...]

Tweet Regulatory Update . It is widely expected that the California Energy Commission (CEC) will rule Distributed Generation (DG) solar systems are eligible to sell their RECs later this year. The timetable has slipped a bit; the CEC now expects to hold a workshop to discuss the revised RPS Eligibility Guidebook in late September or [...]

By: Stephen Lin, 7/6/11 Tweet The California Renewable Energy Resources Act (termed “SB 2X”) requires utilities to get at least 33% of their retail energy sales from renewable sources by 2020.  In his signing statement Gov. Jerry Brown said, “This bill will bring many important benefits to California, including stimulating investment in green technologies in [...]