EI’s Eric Gimon explains the economics that make 75 percent of all existing coal plants in the United States more expensive to run than investing in new wind or solar, and how policies can support a rapid transition to 90 percent clean electricity by 2035.

EI’s Robbie Orvis says a new Biden Administration can use clean energy policies that reduce emissions to also create jobs and spur economic recovery.

EI’s Hal Harvey explains how we can meet the challenge of climate change with the same kind of major mobilization America has engaged in before, enacting strategic policies to decarbonize the grid while electrifying transportation, buildings, and industry.

EI’s Amanda Myers explains why building codes are a powerful tool for reducing building sector emissions, while helping drive economy-wide decarbonization, and highlights California’s upcoming opportunity to adopt an all-electric building code.

EI’s Amanda Myers notes the transportation sector is responsible for more than 15 percent of annual global emissions, contributing more than the entire electricity generation sector in the U.S. and U.K., and has the fastest growing emissions worldwide.

EI’s Jeff Rissman says carbon reductions from blending 15 to 20 percent hydrogen in gas pipelines may be minimal, but increasing the market for green hydrogen might help drive down costs by incentivizing R&D.

EI’s Sara Baldwin says over the past five years there has been a tidal shift from the global level to the local level toward renewables and electrification and this movement isn’t going away.

EI report shows why utilities’ preference for gas-fueled plants is related to biases towards over-procurement of capacity and self-built generation, and an organizational culture and rate design that favor gas-fueled generation.

EI analysis indicates reaching California’s new zero-emission goal could lead to a 9 percent increase in electricity demand by 2030 — and create the critical mass of electric vehicles required to better integrate EVs as grid resources.

EI analysis found taking away California’s ability to set stricter pollution standards is expected to increase greenhouse gas emissions by millions of tons per year, and lead to drivers buying more than 2 billion additional barrels of petroleum a year.

EI’s Chris Busch notes that legislation is preferable to executive orders when setting state climate policy, but that California’s legislature currently has competing priorities.

EI’s Amanda Myers says for California to meet its binding climate target of carbon neutrality by 2045, the state needs to stop constructing new buildings that use gas for heating and cooking.

EI’s Hal Harvey says a new Biden Administration should make setting strong clean energy standards for the building and transportation sectors a top priority, with 60 percent of new car sales zero-emission by 2030 and all new buildings fossil fuel free by 2025.

EI’s Amanda Myers says meeting Biden’s 100 percent by 2035 clean electricity target would require major investments in offshore wind.

EI’s Mike O’Boyle says two-thirds of energy production plants in the Southeast would be cheaper to retire now and replace with renewables when looking at energy costs. But it will take regulator pressure and policy changes to enact changes.

EI’s Sara Baldwin discusses how a new administration will impact the Department of Energy, noting energy efficiency and clean energy would be reprioritized to align with climate solutions.

EI’s Bruce Nilles says setting strong emission reduction targets has worked well for California, noting electric cars are now one of the top exports from the state.

EI’s Mike O’Boyle says the potential for a renewable energy drop-off points to the need for a national clean electricity standard or some other policy to drive green investment.

EI’s Bruce Nilles says states looking to align energy policies with climate and health goals, must address continued coal mining.

EI’s Mike O’Boyle explains an innovative financing mechanism to retire coal power stations and replace them with new renewables and discusses the applicability of the model outside the United States.