California’s Fifth Successful Carbon Allowance Auction

Carbon Markets, Environmental Markets

Allowances sold out again at California’s fifth carbon allowance auction, indicating market viability. On November 22, 2013, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released the results of its fifth quarterly carbon auction held on November 19.  CARB offered 16,614,526 allowances under Current Auction (2013 vintage allowances) and 9,560,000 allowances under Advance Auction (2016 vintage allowances)…...

New Opportunities for Hydropower Markets

Environmental Markets, Hydropower, Power & Utilities, Renewables

In the previous three months, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has provided preliminary exclusion from federal regulations to 16 different hydropower projects, facilitating growth in renewable electricity generation and providing access for new hydroelectric markets. Overview President Obama signed the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 (H.R. 267) in August 2013 to facilitate hydroelectric…...