Reality Check: Electricity Load Growth Does Not Have to Undermine Climate Goals
It is no surprise that electricity demand in the United States is projected to grow rapidly. The rise of data centers, reshoring manufacturing, and IRA-stimulated clean energy industry is increasing...
View ArticleThe Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Opportunity: Accelerating the...
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View ArticleUtility Planning Update, Q3 2024
This article is one of a series in our review of all integrated resource plans (IRPs) for electric utilities across the United States. We provide analysis of expected load, planned capacity, modeled...
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Finding (Re)Purpose: How Planners Can Make Effective Coal Repurposing Decisions
This year has seen growing political momentum behind phasing out coal, with Malaysia joining G7 countries in putting forward a coal phaseout commitment this spring. Despite forecasts for declining coal...
View ArticleQuality Metrics Can Help Deliver Community Benefits
Millions of low-income and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) households in the United States face high energy burden and low energy security. To meet this challenge, many electric...
View ArticleThe Affordable Energy Future We All Need Is Closer than Ever
With the cost of living on everyone’s mind, keeping things affordable has never been more relevant. And with 1 in 7 families living in energy poverty, affordability includes keeping energy costs in...
View ArticleReimagining Utility Climate Risk Planning
How Regulators and Utilities Can Leverage and Improve Climate Risk Assessment Frameworks to Drive an Affordable and Equitable Transition. The post Reimagining Utility Climate Risk Planning appeared...
View ArticleModeling the DOE’s Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Program in Resource...
Recommendations for utility modelers and regulators to maximize ratepayer savings using low-cost federal loans. The post Modeling the DOE’s Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Program in Resource...
View ArticleHigh Electricity Prices? Utilities Have a Coupon for That
America’s increasingly electrified economy has a growing appetite for affordable, reliable power. To satisfy this hunger, we need significant investment in new and existing infrastructure to generate...
View ArticleThe Sherco Clean Repowering: How One Community Turned a Coal Plant into a Hub...
Federal incentives, interconnection queue shortcuts, strong engagement and support from the community and local workers, and an involved regulator helped lead the way for to transition a coal community...
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