Power Plants Kill Fish

Reeling In New York's Aging Power Plants

A comprehensive look at how outdated power plant cooling water systems can destroy 17 billion fish and other aquatic organisms in New York every year.
Jun 2010

Full Report [PDF 1.5MB]
Press Release [PDF]

The Economics of Closed Cycle Cooling in New York

A report documenting how requiring New York power plants to upgrade to fish-friendlier cooling systems is affordable for the power industry, will cost customers little and will not affect electric reliability.
Jun 2010

Full Report [PDF 1.1MB]

Net Metering

Freeing the Grid

Best and Worst Practices in State Net Metering Policies and Interconnection Procedures
November 2009

Foreword By Maria Cantwell / U.S. Senator

Full Report | PDF 2.1MB
Press Release

Archives:
Freeing the Grid 2008 [PDF 2.1MB]
Freeing the Grid 2007 [PDF 2.1MB]
Freeing the Grid 2007 Summary [PDF 690k]
New York Net Metering Report (January 2008) [PDF size 0.6MB]
Freeing the Grid 2006 Edition [PDF size 2.8MB]

Red Tape Report

Taking the Red Tape Out of Green Power:

How to Overcome Permitting Obstacles to Small-Scale Distributed Renewable Energy
September 2008

A new report by the Network for New Energy Choices looks at how to streamline the permitting process for local wind and solar energy systems.

Report Summary [PDF 192k]
Full Report [PDF 1.63 MB]
Press Release

Biofuels Report

The Rush to Ethanol:

Not All Biofuels Are Created Equal
July 20, 2007

A report by Food & Water Watch, the Network for New Energy Choices, and the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School provides comprehensive analysis and recommendations for U.S. biofuels and transportation policies.

Expert Biographies

Full Report [PDF 2.8 MB]
Report Summary [PDF 747 k]