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New Report from Strategic Economic Research Compares State Approaches to Taxing Renewable Energy Projects
Renewable energy is booming in the United States—and so are the benefits delivered by these projects. Wind, solar, and battery storage just had their best third quarter ever for new installations.
Behind the CRGA Act: Illinois’ Push for Improved Renewable Energy Siting
On the last day of the session, Illinois’ General Assembly passed the package of comprehensive energy reforms and sent it to Governor Pritzker, who signed the bill last week.
Renewable Energy Breaks Even at State Legislatures Despite Deluge of Restrictive Siting Bills
It has been a busy policy year for the renewable energy industry: legislators in nearly every state introduced hundreds of bills to change the rules under which large-scale wind, solar, and battery storage projects receive state and local approvals.
Siting Solutions Spotlight: Programmatic Environmental Reviews
Before shovels hit the ground on any clean energy project or transmission line, developers must navigate a complex web of approvals. At both the state and federal levels, environmental review is a central part of that process.
The Siting Solutions Project Releases First Report Detailing State Policy Approaches to Renewable Energy Siting
The report summarizes all 15 renewable energy siting policy mechanisms used across the continental US as of April 2025, along with policy considerations and detailed state examples.
What do Comic-Con, the Tour de France, and ACP’s Siting and Permitting Conference have in Common?
For superhero and comics aficionados, there’s Comic-Con; for cyclists, the Tour de France; and for clean energy permitting wonks, American Clean Power’s Siting and Permitting Conference.
Siting Solutions Spotlight: Pennsylvania’s RESET Board and Clean Energy Future
As the site of the first commercial oil well in the United States, the state has consistently pioneered energy development. Today, Pennsylvania ranks second only to Texas in natural gas production and third in coal production after West Virginia and Wyoming.
Siting Solutions Spotlight: Washington State
Under the leadership of Governor Jay Inslee, the state of Washington has long provided a model for states across the country seeking to set and meet ambitious climate goals.
How Clean Energy Opponents Weaponize Local Siting and How State Legislatures Hold the Key to a Clean Tomorrow
It’s well known that the pace of adding new wind and solar projects to the grid needs to double to meaningfully reduce emissions by mid-century.