electric utilities
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The key to passing climate policy? Rein in (or win over) utilities monopolies.
Investor-owned utilities — yes, IOUs — dominate the system and wield enormous political power. Only the feds can change that.
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Why Nevada upped its renewable energy standards (and Arizona didn’t)
Both states are potential solar hotspots, but only one took a step closer to reaching its promise.
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When coal goes low, Colorado goes Rocky Mountain High
Closing the coal plants will slash Colorado's carbon emissions.
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The fight for cheap solar is going South
Solar panels could flood sunny Alabama with cheap, clean power. What stands in the way?
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Power play: Can utilities turn energy efficiency into fun and games?
Utilities are taking a page from Angry Birds and "gamifying" power consumption with a host of software and social tools. Conserving energy now brings high scores and badges -- along with money saved for the consumer and a smarter, safer grid for everyone.
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America’s energy future: iPads vs. typewriters with guns
This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. As Americans transition their electricity system to the 21st century, they should ask this question: Does it make sense to pursue strategies such as accelerating the development of new high-voltage power lines that reinforce an outdated […]
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How to buy (and price) clean power
You get what you pay for. Clean power mandates in the US mandate that we buy megawatt-hours of clean energy, but they don’t mandate that those sources be reliable. This isn’t to say that clean energy can’t be reliable, but rather that it is mis-priced. Increasingly, this is causing conflicts for utilities, who have purchase […]
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The small-c conservatism of U.S. power companies
The U.S. power sector is biased in favor of the familiar. It's not well-suited to producing the risk-taking and innovation we need in clean electricity
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What the U.S. power industry thinks about the future of the U.S. power industry
David Roberts shares what utilities say is the future of U.S. power.