Environmental Leader: Best Practices for Renewable Energy, Carbon Offset Claims
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The online newspaper Environmental Leader recently published a column by Stoel Rives' Joseph Eckhardt, addressing rules in the FTC's proposed Green Guides that address green energy and carbon offset certification, entitled "New Green Guides Suggest Best Practices for Renewable Energy, Carbon Offset Claims."
The article explains: "The FTC's proposed, revised Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims . . . for the first time address the issue of marketing green energy and carbon offsets. Producers, resellers, and consumers of 'green' certificates and credits should take notice."
Read the full column here.
California PUC Moves to Allow Unbundled RECs
The California Public Utility Commission issued a draft decision on October 29th authorizing the use of unbundled and tradable renewable energy certificates (“RECs” or “TRECs”) for compliance with California’s RPS.
The draft decision also outlines the structure and rules for a tradable REC market and for integrating these RECs into the RPS “flexible compliance system.” Comments are due on Nov. 18, 2008. The draft decision can be found here: http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/efile/PD/92913.htm.
