More Demand, More Gas: Inside The Southeast’s Dirty Power Push

EI’s Mike O’Boyle explains that utilities should prioritize flexible, low-regret investments to avoid costly and potentially stranded assets.

The U.S. Urgently Needs A Bigger Grid. Here’s A Fast Solution.

EI research finds that advanced reconductoring are the faster and cheaper solution to building a reliable and updated utilities grid.

Biden Is Spending $1 Trillion To Fight Climate Change. Voters Don’t Care.

EI forecasts that the Biden administration’s historical and projected policies will have annual U.S. emissions decline to reach the 2030 goal.

Reconductoring U.S. Power Lines Could Quadruple New Transmission Capacity By 2035: Report

EI analysis suggests policymakers to: provide utilities incentives to use advanced conductors, improve transmission planning, expand federal and state funding.

As Biden Pushes For Clean Factories, A New ‘How-To’ Guide Offers A Path Forward

EI’s Jeff Rissman emphasizes that decarbonizing industry is feasible and underscores the importance of understanding the interconnectedness of technology and policy.

Low-Carbon Shift Raises Risk Of Blackouts, Grid Execs Warn

EI research finds that the majority of the U.S. struggles to add new clean energy resources fast enough to replace retiring assets.

Not Everyone In The Hydrogen Business Wants To See Weaker Rules For Federal Tax Credits

EI’s Dan Esposito explains that without the right rules, hydrogen could make greenhouse gas emissions worse due to the 45V tax credit.

New DOE-Backed Projects Tackle Factory Emissions With Heat Pumps And More

EI’s Jeff Rissman explains that although we have the technology that can produce all the goods we rely on without greenhouse gas emissions, the demand to commercialize these technologies has been low.

EPA’s Truck Pollution Standard Means Clean Trucks, Clean Air, Clean Lungs

The EPA announced a final rule on “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles,” which is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions up to 60 percent in 2032.

Efficiency, Clean Energy Are Options For Meeting Demand Growth Before Gas Generation: Energy Innovation

New research by EI urges regulators to consider two alternate approaches for meeting increasing demand: prioritizing energy efficiency to slow the growth and elevating resource and market solutions.