Press Archive

Is Cap And Trade The Climate Solution? The Jury’s Still Out

Research from EI’s Chris Busch is featured in an article discussing how the California and Northeast U.S. cap-and-trade markets can help counter climate change.

Bitcoin Mining’s Energy Use Won’t Eat The World – If Prices Stay Below 19% Annual Growth

EI’s Eric Gimon says the Bitcoin bubble has sparked fears its rising energy demand will consume the world’s entire electricity supply, but Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies won’t eat the world’s energy supplies – if they remain within a “green zone” of 19% annual growth.

Bomb Cyclone And NOPR Redux: What The Grid Really Needs

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal and Robbie Orvis discuss what the Bomb Cyclone and FERC’s rejection of DOE’s NOPR coal and nuclear subsidy proposal mean for the future of America’s grid on Greentech Media’s The Interchange podcast.

Regulatory Ruling Leaves Energy Companies Wondering What Future Holds

EI’s analysis of the consumer cost impacts from DOE’s coal and nuclear subsidy proposal is cited in an article exploring the financial future of utility FirstEnergy.

No Longer Termed A ‘Failure,’ California’s Cap-And-Trade Program Faces A New Critique: Is It Too Successful?

EI’s research into carbon allowance oversupply in California’s cap-and-trade market is featured in a column discussing the market’s future outlook.

Predictions 2018: Looming Trade Case Clouds Solar’s Future

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal is quoted discussing how U.S. market forces favor renewable energy, as part of a story exploring potential headwinds for the solar industry in 2018.

Why Rick Perry’s Coal-Friendly Market Intervention Was Legally Doomed

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing why the DOE NOPR proposal was legally destined to fail, and potential next steps facing U.S. power markets.

California’s Climate Fight Gets Harder Soon, And The Big Culprit Is Cars

EI’s Chris Busch is quoted in an article discussing how the biggest challenge to California’s climate change goals is cutting transportation emissions.

Blockchain, Drones Are Strategies For Survival At Japan’s Tepco

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal is quoted in an article discuss how Japanese utility Tepco is exploring technological innovations to maintain economic competitiveness.

Experts View Trump’s Intervention As ‘Worrisome’ Even After Coal, Nuclear Subsidy Plan Fails

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing the threat politicization of the regulatory process poses to U.S. power markets, as shown in the DOE NOPR process.

Energy Regulators Reject Plan To Prop Up Coal, Nuclear Plants

EI’s analysis of potential consumer cost impacts from DOE’s NOPR proposal is cited in an article discussing FERC’s rejection of the measure.

‘FERC Did Its Job:’ Former Regulators, Lawyers Laud DOE NOPR Rejection

EI’s Robbie Orvis highlights potential consumer costs of grid resiliency measures in an article discussing FERC’s rejection of the DOE NOPR proposal.

Energy Agency Rejects Trump Plan To Prop Up Coal And Nuclear Power Plants

EI’s analysis of potential consumer cost impacts from DOE’s NOPR proposal is cited in an article discussing FERC’s rejection of the measure.

FERC Blocks Trump Support For Coal, Nuclear Plants

EI’s analysis of potential consumer cost impacts from DOE’s NOPR proposal is cited in an article discussing FERC’s rejection of the measure.

Regulators Kill Perry’s Proposal To Prop Up Coal, Nuclear Power Plants

EI’s analysis of potential consumer cost impacts from DOE’s NOPR proposal is cited in an article discussing FERC’s rejection of the measure.

FERC Rejects Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s Coal And Nuclear Energy Market Bailout Plan

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted on the potential consumer costs of DOE’s NOPR in an article discussing FERC’s rejection of the proposal.

Will Self-Driving Cars Usher In A Transportation Utopia or Dystopia?

EI’s Hal Harvey is quoted in an article discussing potential economic and environmental outcomes from autonomous vehicle technology.

Combining E-bikes And Bikeshares Is Urban Alchemy: A Winning Transit Solution For Cities

E-bike and bikeshare systems are an attractive option that create sustainable transportation solutions for cities, consumers, and the climate.

Predictions 2018: Federal Policies To Dominate

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal is quoted in an article asking power sector experts to forecast the biggest trends of 2018.

Federal Energy Proposal Will Hike Consumer Costs In Freezing Winter

An opinion columnist cites EI’s research on consumer costs from DOE’s cost-recovery proposal to discuss how the subsidy could harm consumers during winter.