Our Work
Combined Heat and Power
We operate the Department of Energy Technical Assistance Partnership that does unbiased site analysis for CHP. We also work to educate installers, site owners, and legislators of the benefits of efficient, economic, reliable CHP.
Solar
Our solar energy work encompasses bringing together business associations across the northeast to set common state policy goals that forwards the integration of solar energy to the utility grid.
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
With support from the Energy Foundation and other Funders, the Pace Energy and Climate Center has been working on RGGI development, implementation, operations, and policy for several years, going back to RGGI’s inception.
Low and Moderate Income Energy Work
We work to bridge the gaps between electric utiltiy, grid modernization, and LMI communities to bring equality of access and reliability.
International Energy
Since the Center’s inception, it has had strong involvement in international energy issues, and in recent times, in climate change mitigation and adaption, focusing on energy-related climate change solutions.
Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicle sales are projected to increase steadily in the next decade. Our work focuses on accessibility and policy that takes advantage of beneficial grid attributes EVs have to offer.
PECC Blog
RGGI States Announce Additional 30% Reductions in Emissions
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is the United States’ first market-based cap and trade mechanism to reduce emissions within the nine states that participate. RGGI only applies to power generators greater than 25MW of installed capacity, and membership is...
The New York Public Service Commission Modifies its Rule on Membership for Community Distributed Generation Projects.
The New York Public Service Commission recently issued an order modifying the Community Distributed Generation (CDG) membership requirements. As previously reported on our January 26, 2017 blog post, the order establishing a Community Distributed Generation (CDG)...
New York Public Service Commission “REVs” Up Utility Reform in Consolidated Edison Rate Case
New York Public Service Commission adopted a three-year rate plan for Consolidated Edison, including several key Reforming the Energy Vision initiatives. The Pace Energy and Climate Center and Earthjustice partnered on our fifth New York rate case and scored a number...
New York’s Community Distributed Generation Ten-Member Minimum Eligibility is Counteractive in Achieving its Objectives
New York’s Community Distributed Generation (CDG) program is a promising resource in the toolbox for helping low- and moderate-income customers tap into renewable energy, but the program has some limitations. In its present form, residential CDG projects must have a...
Cuomo Commits to Develop Up To 2,400 Megawatts of Offshore Wind Capacity by 2030 in New York
One day after announcing that the Indian Point nuclear power plant will close by 2021, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced New York’s commitment to develop up to 2.4 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030–enough to power 1.25 million homes, which will help New York meet...
The State of Grid Interconnection in the Northeast
This article is crossposted on the Northeast Solar Energy Market Coalition website. The Pace Energy and Climate Center is a non-profit energy and environmental research and advocacy organization based at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law in White Plains, New York. The...