Consumer Ownership of Local Energy: A New Take on How it Might Work
In a recent UC Berkeley paper, Keith Taylor proposes a form of local energy ownership beyond individual household solar.
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Energy Abundance Beyond Just Building More Stuff
The energy abundance agenda carries appeal. But achieving it on the complex electric grid will take more than just building more stuff.
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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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Changes in Global Electricity Generation
Renewable energy met three-quarters of new demand, with 40% from solar energy alone, according to Ember’s 2025 report on global electricity generation.
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How Trump’s Policies May Buoy Renewables and Squash Fossils
Local energy can command a premium as nations are willing to pay more to secure supply, according to the Carlyle paper, The New Joule Order.
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Going to Intersolar Feb. 25-27? Check Out these Distributed Energy Panels!
Join Energy Changemakers for these two exciting discussions at the Intersolar & Energy Storage North America conference Feb. 26.
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Why this Energy Changemaker is Trying to Bring Community Choice Energy to Arizona: Podcast
Community energy choice programs can lower consumer costs and provide cleaner energy. But it takes a lot of steps, and probably years, to bring them to fruition.
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Making the Crush of Utility Data Usable
In this episode of the Energy Changemakers Podcast, Elisa Wood interviews Awesense CEO Mischa Steiner about making utility data usable.
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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Putting the Customer First Through a Unified Theory of Grid Coordination
LBNL’s Bruce Nordman describes a reimagined, customer-centric electric grid, much like the Internet where “simple and universal” technologies work the same everywhere.