Green-e Renewable Energy Certification Standards Meeting May 12th
On May 12 the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) will be hosting
a statewide stakeholder meeting to solicit input on its Green-e
Renewable Energy Certification standards for the state. The stakeholder
group will consist of representatives from utilities, renewable
energy generator and advocacy groups, regulatory agencies, and
environmental and consumer protection organizations.
Green-e is the nation's leading renewable energy certification
program (details at http://www.green-e.org/). CRS awards Green-e
certification to qualifying renewable energy products that include
competitive market electricity, utility green pricing, and tradable
renewable certificates. In 1998-2001 when California was home to
vibrant competitive electricity markets over 100,000 California
customers received Green-e certified renewable energy products.
Now fewer customers are being served by competitive electricity
markets, while more utilities offer "green pricing" options.
Green-e has determined a need to revisit our certification criteria
to consider whether the document needs to be updated to reflect
changes in California's renewable energy policies since the original
criteria were drafted for competitive electricity products in 1998.
The draft version of the criteria can be found here: http://www.resource-solutions.org/greenpricingcriteriadocs.htm.
The meeting will be held from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Log Cabin
in the Presidio of San Francisco. The agenda will generally consist
of introductions, a review of the draft criteria, consideration
of changes to the criteria, a discussion of issues related to the
California RPS and how it affects Green-e certification, and next
steps. A detailed agenda and directions will be sent in advance
of the meeting. If you cannot attend the meeting on May 12, you
will still have the opportunity to provide written comments on
any proposed comments to the criteria before it is finalized.
Questions about the meeting can be directed to Dan Lieberman at
dan@resource-solutions.org or 415-561-2120.
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