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“We are pleased that the California Assembly has voted to continue California's commitment to advancing its energy and climate objectives beyond 2020,” said Steve Chadima, senior vice president, Advanced Energy Economy, a national business association active in California. “The passage of SB 32, which sets a greenhouse gas emissions cap of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, will encourage investors and increase market certainty, and we commend the legislature for taking action. We encourage the legislature to do the same with companion bill AB 197, so that the state continues to lead with cost-effective and market-based strategies to reduce emissions.” 

[Chicago, August 16, 2016] – Public utility commissioners from across the Midwestern states gathered today in Chicago to discuss distribution system planning for the 21^st Century electric grid in light of technology advancements, the growth of distributed energy resources (like storage, demand response and solar) evolving customer expectations, and the evolution of planning processes. The gathering of 12 commissioners from six Midwest states (Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin) also discussed related issues around rate design and utility business models. Session topics were selected in advance by the commissioners.

[Chicago, August 10, 2016] — Today, Advanced Energy Economy Institute; Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; and the Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN) convened a discussion with utility, advanced energy, and thought leaders to discuss the status of the industrial energy efficiency sector in Chicago and across Illinois. AEE Institute and its Illinois state partner, Clean Energy Trust (CET), partnered with the Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern University to bring together twenty leading thinkers in the energy industry to discuss the opportunities and challenges for industrial efficiency in Illinois. 

Florida’s Advanced Energy Industry Has 140,000 Workers, Nearly 2X Agriculture Jobs and More Than Real Estate

 

Philadelphia, June 23, 2016 — Today, Advanced Energy Economy Institute (AEE Institute) and its affiliated state partner, the Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance (KEEA), convened a discussion with utility, advanced energy, and thought leaders, along with city officials, about opportunities and challenges for the industrial energy efficiency sector in Philadelphia and across Pennsylvania. The Industrial Energy Efficiency Roundtable was held at a conference center in Philadelphia.

Washington, D.C., June 16, 2016 — Upon the release by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the proposed rulemaking on the Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP) of the Clean Power Plan, Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) issued the following statement: