Pursuing Energy Democracy from the Bottom Up and the Top Down
Sandeep Vaheesan, author of Democracy in Power, sees grassroots frustration with the status quo invigorating public interest in energy democracy.
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Politics Rears Its Ugly Head Following Spain’s Power Outage
The arcane concept of “grid inertia” is suddenly making headlines following Spain’s power outage.
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Will Electric Utility Rates Become More Political?
Electricity costs could become a political issue as consumers across party lines grow anxious about their utility bills.
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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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How to Make Distributed Solar Projects Pencil without the Federal Tax Credit
Distributed solar can still offer an impressive return without the tax credit. But it requires some rethinking about how projects are structured.
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Strong, Weak and Mixed Signals for Clean and Distributed Energy
Clean and distributed energy came barreling out of 2024 with force. Now, they face walls. Do they have enough momentum to knock them down? Consider these signals.
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How Utility Ratepayers Pay for Big Tech’s Power: Study
Utilities may be shifting costs for data centers onto utility ratepayers in opaque ways, says a new Harvard paper.
Demand Flexibility and Capacity Management
White papers and resources from Bruce Nordman about demand flexibility and capacity management.
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Distributed Energy Is Misunderstood and Underrepresented
Even green energy advocates sometimes don’t fully understand the role distributed energy resources play as grid and community assets.
In a Twist, Trump’s Policies Could Inadvertently Help Renewables: Report
A new report by The Carlyle Group finds that renewable energy may get a boost as the value of security and domestic production heightens.