The nature of electricity as central to modern life and comfort can hardly be disputed—and so its distribution at a reasonable cost is an essential public policy goal of any society. Electric utilities are the engine for that goal, but that engine is in danger of breaking down under the weight of transition.

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma show how increasingly extreme weather means the U.S. needs a stronger and more resilient grid with more distributed energy resources. Fortunately, energy storage’s rapid cost declines and record-setting installations are doing just that.

EI’s Silvio Marcacci suggests in The Hill that the Trump Administration’s policies will create a legacy of more disasters like Hurricane Harvey.

In a Utility Dive editorial, EI’s Mike O’Boyle analyzes how the recent DOE grid report lays bare the struggle between past and future philosophies through a shifting focus to resilience, and outlines how the grid study’s recommendations could increase flexibility.

EVs are on the path to becoming mainstream, thanks to strong policy support and rapid battery cost declines. The next key driver is the role utilities will play: If managed well, EVs are a massive opportunity for utilities to invest productive capital into the distribution system.

A court decision vacating EPA’s rule to reduce HFCs could diminish the Obama Administration’s legacy, cost up to 9.5 billion metric tons avoided emissions, slow economic gains by U.S. companies and consumers, and block the U.S. from its climate action commitment under the UN’s Kigali Amendment.

Like many Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia must decide how to supply its fast-growing energy demand.A new quantitative tool, the Indonesia Energy Policy Simulator (EPS), can help policymakers explore various avenues to leapfrog high-carbon development through energy efficiency and clean energy

Solar brightfields, solar arrays built upon landfills or contaminated land, are a fast-growing segment of the U.S. solar industry with the power to unlock gigawatts of clean energy potential and recharge blighted areas or urban communities.

Rising demand for clean electricity and shifting customer demand has upended America’s utility sector, making building new fossil fuel generation a tricky proposition. A new DOE/LBNL report shows how utilities can avoid risky investments through flexible long-term planning.

Renewable energy and fossil fuel advocates have one thing in common – an unhealthy tendency to fall in love with a particular energy technology. Each has a cadre of vocal advocates, but each are a bit myopic. The problem is that picking winners and losers based on such biases sells the U.S. short.