Part Two of a series. Read Part One here. A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a state regulatory policy requiring utilities to either produce or procure a certain amount of electricity from clean, renewable resources like wind and solar. The RPS helps set state environmental goals while encouraging the use of cleaner energy to protect […]
Part One of a series. Read Part Two here. Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) play a pivotal role in the modern energy market. When electricity is generated, the electrons become indistinguishable once they hit the grid and mix with other electrons, therefore making it difficult to determine their exact sources of generation. RECs help make it […]
Massachusetts voters won the right to access the retail electric market 26 years ago when they voted overwhelmingly for a referendum question that swept aside the big utility monopoly that had dominated the state’s electricity market for decades. Today, nearly half a million of the state’s residents benefit from shopping in the competitive electric market, […]