The Department of Environmental Protection is accepting public comments through February 11 on guidance it developed to implement the Advanced Energy Portfolio Standards Act.

The draft technical guidance document outlines the environmental and resource eligibility requirements for qualifying resources under Section 2 of the act. The act requires that 18 percent of the electricity sold to retail customers in Pennsylvania come from specified, eligible alternative energy sources in 15 years or that electricity usage must be offset through demand-side management measures.

DEP will also be holding a meeting of the Energy Advisory Board at the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg on February 2. Attendance at the meeting is open to the public.

Comments should be sent to Eric Thumma.

1/28/2005