Virginia leaders have taken an important step toward strengthening energy affordability, protecting property rights, and expanding responsible solar deployment with the enactment of a new solar siting law. SB 347 and HB 711 were enacted by the Virginia General...
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New Jersey Seeking Termination of the State Agreement Approach
TRENTON, N.J.: MAREC Action issued the following statement in response to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities' decision to pursue an agreement with PJM Interconnection to terminate the State Agreement Approach transmission projects: "The New Jersey Board of...
MAREC Action Applauds Enactment of Virginia Solar Siting Standards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2026 Media Contact: Keely McNeme, keely@renewcomm.com RICHMOND, VA: MAREC Action applauds the Virginia General Assembly and Gov. Spanberger for enacting SB 347 and HB 711 into law today. The legislation modernizes how local...
Governor Spanberger Signs Virginia Energy Storage Bill
RICHMOND, VA: MAREC Action ("Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition") celebrated Governor Spanberger's signing House Bill 895 and Senate Bill 448 yesterday. This legislation is a bipartisan effort to reduce energy price volatility, strengthen grid reliability, and...
Battery Storage Keeps the Lights on, and the Mid-Atlantic Needs to Catch Up
When Winter Storm Fern hit Texas with sub-freezing temperatures in late January, it iced over roads and sent Texans looking for winter coats more often seen in New England. Five years earlier, Winter Storm Uri had left more than 4.5 million Texans without power...
New FEOC Guidance and What it Means for Energy Storage Developers
Last Thursday, the IRS released Notice 2026-15, the first detailed framework explaining how energy storage projects will be evaluated under the new Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) rules. For storage developers, this is an important policy development since the One...
MAREC Action Statement on 2026 Virginia Legislative Session
RICHMOND, VA: The Virginia General Assembly legislative session opens on Wednesday, January 14, and we expect to see several bills intended to provide much-needed, reliable, and affordable electricity. Virginians are concerned about affordability and reliability...
The Path to Affordable, Clean Energy Starts with Transmission
Transmission is one of the most important — and least understood — parts of our electric grid. People see the tall steel towers lining highways, but few realize how essential they are to keeping our lights on, our factories running, and our energy bills stable. As...
MAREC Action Statement on the Election of Spanberger and Sherrill
RICHMOND, VA & TRENTON, NJ: "MAREC Action offers our congratulations to Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey. Our member companies in the grid-scale solar, wind and storage industry of the Mid-Atlantic...
How Do State Policies Impact Electricity Rates?
Electricity prices are climbing across the PJM region, and many consumers are asking why. The answer isn’t simple—but it’s also not what some might think. Rising bills are not being driven by state clean-energy mandates or Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards....