Why 100% Clean Energy Advocates Must Overcome The ‘Resource Adequacy’ Challenge

EI’s Eric Gimon explains why the clean energy industry must address concerns about resource adequacy, while innovating new planning models that allow for a diverse set of clean energy technologies to compete on equal footing.

Utilities Are Better Suited To Handle Covid Uncertainties – Why That’s Good News For Clean Energy

EI’s Amanda Myers interviews Pearl Street Station’s executive director Albert Lin about why utilities are better suited than other industries to weather COVID-19 uncertainties and what that means for the clean energy transition.

California Can Still Lead America And The World On Electric Vehicles – Despite Trump

EI’s CEO Hal Harvey and Yunshi Wang, director of the China Center for Energy and Transportation at UC Davis, discuss how California can lead global transportation electrification despite the Administration’s clean car rollbacks and isolationism.

Congressional Climate Crisis Action Plan Would Decarbonize U.S., Add $8 Trillion In Benefits By 2050

EI’s Megan Mahajan discusses modeling that finds the Select Committee’s Climate Crisis Action Plan will achieve net zero U.S. emissions and deliver $8 trillion in health and climate benefits by 2050.

California Accelerates Clean Transportation Policy, Targeting 500,000 Electric Trucks By 2040

EI’s Chris Busch explains why California’s proposed Advanced Clean Trucks rule could save up to $12 billion dollars, while delivering major public health and climate benefits to the state.

Electrification Can Supercharge California’s Post-COVID Economy

EI’s Hal Harvey says strengthening electrification policies can help California meet its climate goals while creating an additional $22 billion in economic and social benefits by 2030.

The Case For Climate Pragmatism: Saving The Earth Requires Realism Not Revolution

EI’s CEO Hal Harvey explains why a targeted, realistic strategy is the most effective and fastest way to reduce emissions.

Plunging Renewable Energy Prices Mean U.S. Can Hit 90% Clean Electricity By 2035 – At No Extra Cost

EI’s Silvio Marcacci explains how plunging wind, solar, and storage prices have fallen so fast that the United States can reach 90% clean electricity by 2035 with the support of smart policies.

Coronavirus To Cut U.S. Emissions 11% In 2020, But It’s No Climate Victory

EI’s Megan Mahajan says the coronavirus could cut U.S. emissions up to 11% in 2020, but they will rebound without a clean energy economic recovery.

COVID Shows Need For Clean Air And Cheap Energy. Utilities Can Get Both Via “All-Source Procurement.”

EI’s Amanda Myers highlights research showing how “all-source” procurement can help utilities cut costs and air pollution across the electricity grid.