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AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: May 13, 2013

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- May 13, 2013

The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy & environmental policies. Our basic position is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using real science.

Instead of a science-based approach, our energy and environmental policies are typically written by those who stand to economically or politically profit from them. As a result, anything genuinely science-based in these policies is usually inadvertent and accidental.

A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every 3 weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.

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A fascinating technical study at Phys.org

AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: April 23, 2013

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- April 23, 2013

The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy & environmental policies. Our basic position is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using real science.

Instead of a science-based approach, our energy and environmental policies are typically written by those who stand to economically or politically profit from them. As a result, anything genuinely science-based in these policies is usually inadvertent and accidental.

A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every 3 weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.

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This is a brief summary of my Science talk.

All You Need to Know About RECs (Renewable Energy Certificates)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- April 12, 2013

The government has created a market in “Renewable Energy Certificates,” also known as a “Renewable Energy Credit.” RECs are yet another way that renewable energy sources take advantage of the public’s good graces, and the propensity for some politicians to be fooled into creative ways to burden unsuspecting citizens.

As far as RECs have a public purpose, two fundamental questions are:

1) Do RECs pay for the generation of new renewable energy as claimed?

2) Do RECs offset fossil fuels as claimed?

Background

RECs are sold in two primary markets:

1) some of the states that have RPSs (Renewable Portfolio Standards) allow part of the renewable mandate to be satisfied by the utility company purchasing RECs (instead of actually buying renewable energy electricity), and

2) businesses and individuals purchase RECs for perceived public relations benefits, or to ameliorate their conscience.

AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: 4/1/13

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- April 1, 2013

AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: 3/11/13

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- March 11, 2013

AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: 2/18/13

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- February 18, 2013

Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions: Newsletter Update

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- January 21, 2013

Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions: Recent Newsletter

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- November 21, 2012

Wind PTC: Facts vs Fluff

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- November 20, 2012

Twenty Bad Things About Wind Energy, and Three Reasons Why

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- October 24, 2012