Max Greene
@jmwgreene.bsky.social
Clean energy & climate attorney in Portland, Oregon.
Classics at Carleton -> Law at RWU -> Electrical Engineering at Portland State. Formerly Conservation Law Foundation and Renewable Northwest.
Classics at Carleton -> Law at RWU -> Electrical Engineering at Portland State. Formerly Conservation Law Foundation and Renewable Northwest.
Happy Wrapped day to all who celebrate! 🎶
December 4, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Happy Wrapped day to all who celebrate! 🎶
Monday morning question for the regulatory attorneys out there: can a state regulator order a utility to procure generating resources? How about when there's a 2030 clean energy mandate at play? State statutes & caselaw will affect the analysis, but I'm curious what others think on the big picture
November 25, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Monday morning question for the regulatory attorneys out there: can a state regulator order a utility to procure generating resources? How about when there's a 2030 clean energy mandate at play? State statutes & caselaw will affect the analysis, but I'm curious what others think on the big picture
A point from today's CLE that I think many people don't realize. ODOE Director Benner: "Some people have questioned whether HB 2021, the 100% clean energy bill, is driving electricity rate increases. At this time, it is not." OR's consumer advocate has said the same: oregoncub.org/news/blog/my...
Myth Busting: Why Clean Energy Is Not Making Energy More Expensive
One question we have been asked recently is whether the big rate hikes we have been receiving are due to Oregon’s clean energy mandates. Would we have avoided these big rate increases if we did…
oregoncub.org
November 22, 2024 at 8:45 PM
A point from today's CLE that I think many people don't realize. ODOE Director Benner: "Some people have questioned whether HB 2021, the 100% clean energy bill, is driving electricity rate increases. At this time, it is not." OR's consumer advocate has said the same: oregoncub.org/news/blog/my...
In a CLE on the OR Department of Energy's Biennial Energy Report, put on by the Oregon Bar's Sustainable Future Section. Love a good Sankey diagram:
November 22, 2024 at 8:13 PM
In a CLE on the OR Department of Energy's Biennial Energy Report, put on by the Oregon Bar's Sustainable Future Section. Love a good Sankey diagram:
And good news from my old RI stomping ground too: a 40 MW solar project in North Kingstown supplying 2/3 of Brown University's electricity demand. That's a huge project for RI! Congrats to all involved. www.brown.edu/news/2024-11...
With one of Rhode Island’s largest solar energy projects online, Brown moves toward net-zero emissions
Brown University is the sole off-taker for the Dry Bridge solar project in North Kingstown, a landmark renewable energy development generating enough power to offset about two-thirds of campus electri...
www.brown.edu
November 22, 2024 at 4:40 PM
And good news from my old RI stomping ground too: a 40 MW solar project in North Kingstown supplying 2/3 of Brown University's electricity demand. That's a huge project for RI! Congrats to all involved. www.brown.edu/news/2024-11...
Good news here in Oregon -- we're back on track to bring down GHG emissions from sectors beyond electricity. With Washington voters electing to maintain the Climate Commitment Act, that means caps and prices on carbon along the whole West Coast. State action FTW!
Oregon Climate Protection Program 2.0: The commission unanimously approved the remake on Thursday after the original program was derailed by an industry lawsuit. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/11/21/o...
Oregon commission approves redo of landmark climate program after lawsuit derailed it • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon’s keystone plan to regulate fossil fuel companies and reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution will be reinstated in early 2025.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Good news here in Oregon -- we're back on track to bring down GHG emissions from sectors beyond electricity. With Washington voters electing to maintain the Climate Commitment Act, that means caps and prices on carbon along the whole West Coast. State action FTW!