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Why Your Electricity Bill Is So High

The good news is that renewables have been the biggest—and cheapest—sources of new power on the U.S. grid.. The bad news is that federal support has eroded.

Guest Contributor
August 2, 2025
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South Australia Offers Lessons that Might Have Averted Spain’s Blackout

Grid flexibility could have helped avoid the Spain blackout, as South Australia learned nearly a decade ago.

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May 3, 2025

Mining and Energy Experts to Explore New Narrative for a Sustainable Planet Oct. 7 in Washington, DC

Mining and energy experts will gather on Oct. 7, 2024, at The REACH at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, for the final event in the nine-part Terranaut Minologues: Restoring Trust in Mining, a collaboration of Earthshot Foundation and OurEnergyPolicy.

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September 26, 2024
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Now What the Heck do we do About Data Centers?

Ivy Main, the Sierra Club’s renewable energy chairperson, explains how this year’s lack of legislative action will worsen the energy crunch in Virginia brought on by rapid data center development in the state.

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April 8, 2024
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The Energy Changemakers Podcast, with host Elisa Wood, is available every other Wednesday on Apple and Spotify.

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2026 Market Survey: Microgrid and Distributed Energy Projects Grow in Complexity

Reports of distributed energy’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, according to a 2025 survey of distributed energy and microgrid industry professionals. When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act became law in July 2025, many industry experts feared solar-heavy distributed energy development would dry up with the loss of federal incentives. While survey respondents (67%) say […]
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Energy Allies: Communities and Utilities Building Resilience Together

This white paper examines how successful partnerships among communities, utilities, and energy service providers can improve the grid and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
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Microgrids as a Building Block for Future Grids

This white paper is the fourth in a series of seven white papers in support of the DOE Microgrid R&D Program and presents a broad vision for future grids where microgrids serve as a building block along with technologies that would need to be developed, use case scenarios and the research targets. The DOE Microgrid […]
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Utility Bills are Rising: PowerLines

New polling by PowerLines, a nonpartisan consumer education nonprofit, reveals the toll of rising utility bills on American energy consumers.

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