Carbon negative is an adjectival phrase used to describe any process that removes carbon. The term also refers to lifestyles or institutions that remove more carbon from the atmosphere than they release into it.
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Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is a metric used to determine the energy efficiency of a data center. PUE is determined by dividing the amount of power entering a data center by the power used to run the computer infrastructure within it. PUE is therefore expressed as a ratio, with overall efficiency improving [...]

A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), requires a specified share of a state’s electricity to be generated by renewable or alternative sources by a given date.  Currently, twenty-six states have renewable portfolio standards, while another four states have alternative energy portfolio standards.
2010 legislation (S. 1462) moving through the Senate would impose a Federal RPS (in Federal [...]

Under a cap-and-trade (C&T) emissions control program, a regulator sets an overall cap on greenhouse gases, creates emissions allowances (which permit the holder to emit greenhouse gases) reflecting the cap, and then allows trading of allowances, while gradually ratcheting down the cap and allowances to reach an emission reduction objective.  [...]

TOU Rates charge customers varying prices depending on the time the services are used.  Currently used to apply to energy use, the policy is designed to encourage consumers to use less power during peak hours, when demand—and prices—are highest. Similar rates apply to off peak.
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Grid parity is the point at which renewable electricity is equal to or cheaper than grid power.
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A feed-in tariff (FiT) is a policy mechanism designed to encourage the adoption of renewable energy sources and to help accelerate the move toward grid parity. Under a feed-in tariff, an obligation is imposed on regional or national electric grid utilities to buy renewable electricity (electricity generated from renewable sources, such as [...]

Net metering is a billing arrangement that allows customers with PV systems installed on-site to offset their monthly consumption with PV generation, whether or not the demand for power coincides when their systems are generating power. In conjunction with other policy support mechanisms, net metering has been instrumental in jump-starting the [...]

Green House Gases, most commonly thought of as Carbon. However, there are 6 classes of Green House Gases: water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone and chlorofluorocarbons, in order of their prevalence. They get their names from their ability to create a layer that traps heat normally dispersed through the atmosphere, [...]

The amount of Green House Gas emissions that will qualify an industry to be regulated under one or more of the bills.
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