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Database of State Efficiency Screening Practices

The DSESP provides information on state cost-effectiveness screening practices for ratepayer funded electric efficiency programs. The database is a resource of the National Efficiency Screening Project and was prepared by Synapse.

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Driving Transportation Electrification Forward in New York

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Northeastern Regional Assessment of Strategic Electrification

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Dec 10

Getting SMART

On November 26, 2018, Massachusetts’ new SMART program went into effect. SMART stands for Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target. It is a program designed to replace the previous Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) program as one of the primary means of incentivizing distributed solar installations in the Commonwealth.

Nov 15

The Price of Emissions Reduction: Carbon Price Pathways through 2050

The October 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on climate change highlights the importance of averting catastrophic climate change. Centrally, it finds that global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions must reach net zero by 2050 in order to limit global warming to 1.5°C. With the United States’ announced withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, the future of its commitment to reduce emissions 80 percent from 1990 levels is in peril.