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Newsletter, Leaflet February 2024 Aspen Environmental Group Newsletter, Leaflet February 2024 Aspen Environmental Group

How New Energy Technologies are being Developed in California: Aspen Plays Key Role in CEC Grant Program

Do you ever wonder how new technologies are developed? From new battery storage technologies to harnessing new energy sources, energy research and development is a major component in our collective fight against climate change, and Aspen is playing a key role in this process through our work with the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Energy Research and Development Division (ERDD).

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Newsletter, Leaflet February 2024 Aspen Environmental Group Newsletter, Leaflet February 2024 Aspen Environmental Group

Expert Consultation for Gas Utilities: Aspen Provides Expertise in Gas Utility Rate Cases in Illinois

Recently, a group of non-profit public interest organizations, led by the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC), won three gas utility rate cases before the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Aspen’s Director of Energy Policy and Market Assessment, Catherine Elder, participated in these cases as an expert witness for ELPC.

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Newsletter, Leaflet February 2024 Aspen Environmental Group Newsletter, Leaflet February 2024 Aspen Environmental Group

Offshore Wind Update for the West Coast

In December 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a lease sale resulting in 5 lessees with winning bids: three in the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area (WEA) and two in the Humboldt WEA. With leases issued in June 2023, the lessees are now required to engage with Tribes, ocean users, and local communities.

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