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Regulation - May 2, 2017

Federal budget stabilizes EPA funds, boosts DOE funding for fossil fuel, nuclear technologies

The $1 trillion federal budget deal reached by Congress on April 30 has stabilized funding for the U.S. EPA, but cuts funding for renewable energy programs while increasing funds for fossil fuel energy technologies.

Sourcing Renewables - May 2, 2017

Atlanta targets 100% renewable energy by 2035

Atlanta has become the 27th U.S. city to commit to using 100% renewable energy.

Regulation - May 1, 2017

Climate science site removed from EPA website

The U.S. EPA has begun making changes to the agency's website, which include the apparent removal of several pages of information related to climate change data.

Sourcing Renewables - May 1, 2017 - By Urosh Tomovich

Trends in renewable energy procurement: Green tariffs and aggregating lower volume PPAs

This column, presented by EDF Renewable Energy, details the pros and cons of two emerging renewable energy procurement structures designed specifically to address the needs of commercial and industrial energy users.

Solar - May 1, 2017

Denny's franchise completes onsite solar PPA

A Denny's restaurant franchise in West Sacramento, Calif., recently announced that it has entered into a power purchase agreement for electricity generated from an onsite solar project.

April 29, 2017

Weekend reads: West Virginia utility gives up on coal; Clean Power Plan frozen; solar rocks & more

Kick back with these must-read energy stories from around the web.

Regulation - April 28, 2017

Views from the top: How Switch is leveraging the power of end users for energy independence

In this Smart Energy Decisions exclusive, Switch executive vice president of strategy Adam Kramer discusses the push to deregulate Nevada's electricity market and the collective power of commercial and industrial energy users.

Regulation - April 28, 2017

Senators introduce 100% clean energy by 2050 bill

Four senators, including former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on April 27 introduced a bill that would transition the U.S. to 100% clean energy by 2050.

Sourcing Renewables - April 27, 2017

Almost half of Fortune 500s have clean energy goals

The number of Fortune 500 that are making public goals around reducing greenhouse gas emissions, using renewable energy and curbing their overall energy use accelerated in 2016, Ceres, WWF and other groups revealed in a new report.