In Zero-Emissions Heating Equipment Standard and Clean Heat Standard webinar, MDE discusses criteria fuels, obligated parties, and reporting requirements

As last discussed in PJM Flash 24-46, in a January 2024 Executive Order, titled the Leadership by State Government: Implementing Maryland’s Climate Pollution Reduction Plan, Governor Wes Moore (D) directed the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to establish a zero-emission heating equipment standard (ZEHES) that phases in zero-emission requirements for heating systems alongside a …

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NCUC approves renewable gas pilot program

On November 25, 2024, in Docket G-40 Sub 179, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) issued an Order approving a July 2024 Petition, filed by Frontier Natural Gas (Frontier), to pilot a three-year alternative natural gas program. Specifically, Frontier aims to use this pilot to evaluate the receipt, delivery, and operation of alternative gas within …

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DEEP requests public comment on each CES technical session; Comments due between September 16 and October 21

On August 18, 2022, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) issued a Request for Comments regarding the 2022 Comprehensive Energy Strategy (CES). Under Section 16a-3d of the Connecticut General Statutes, DEEP is tasked with preparing a CES every four years to examine future energy needs, identify opportunities for cost reduction for ratepayers, …

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