From Coal To Clean: How Utilities Can Manage The Inevitable Financial Transition

Former Colorado PUC Chair Ron Lehr outlines how utilities can profitably manage the financial transition from coal to clean being driven by fast-falling clean energy prices.

Steel For Fuel: How Utilities Can Replace Fossil Fuel Expenses With Renewables Earning Potential

EI’s Mike O’Boyle outlines the “steel for fuel” strategy of swapping out coal for renewables while hitting the sweet spot on risk, return, and scale for utility customers and investors.

Concrete Change: Making Cement Carbon-Negative

EI’s Jeff Rissman outlines how cement manufacturing could shift from 5.6% of global CO2 emissions to a net-negative emitter by expanding carbon capture.

Offshore Wind Prices Have Fallen 75% Since 2014: Here’s How To De-Risk Projects Even Further

EI’s Mike O’Boyle says offshore wind could be America’s biggest bipartisan clean energy success story in the next two years if policymakers design policies that cut project costs.

Plunging Prices Mean Building New Renewable Energy Is Cheaper Than Running Existing Coal

EI’s Megan Mahajan details how the price to build new renewable energy has fallen below the cost of running existing coal-fired power plants across the U.S.

Carbon Pricing Is Key To Fighting Climate Change-But It’s No Silver Bullet

This Designing Climate Solutions excerpt outlines how carbon pricing is one of the most effective ways to reduce emissions, but isn’t a silver bullet.

Blending Taxes And Cap-And-Trade Could Improve Carbon Pricing

EI’s Chris Busch suggests that a hybrid carbon pricing policy taking the best aspects of cap-and-trade and a carbon tax could be a bipartisan success.

U.S. Utilities Face Dramatic Change: Here’s How To Succeed At Utility Business Model Reform

EI’s Amanda Myers outlines how policymakers and utilities can align profit with public policy objectives to succeed at utility business model reform.

The Ins And Outs Of De-Risking Renewable Energy Investments

An excerpt from EI’s new book Designing Climate Solutions outlines how de-risking renewable energy projects can accelerate investment and deployment of clean energy.

Investment-Grade Policy: De-Risking Renewable Energy Projects

An excerpt from EI’s new book Designing Climate Solutions outlines how de-risking renewable energy projects can accelerate investment and deployment of clean energy.