Press Archive

New York State: The New U.S. Climate Leader

EI’s Mike O’Boyle is quoted in an article describing New York State’s ambitious renewable energy goals and power market reform process.

This Is California’s Next Step To Lead On Climate Change

EI CEO Hal Harvey suggests “Buy Clean” legislation could be California’s next opportunity to lead on climate change policy.

Forget What You Know About Energy

EI’s Robbie Orvis is featured in an interview about the future of energy policy, renewable electricity, and climate change.

Utilities Will Drive The Energy Transition, If Regulators Get It Right

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 U.S. Must Boost Grid Resiliency. Energy Storage Is Doing Just That.

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.

The Simple Reason Most Power Utilities Suck

Analysis by America’s Power Plan is cited in a Vox article discussing the role utility regulation plays in slowing modernization and decarbonization efforts.

California Is Considering A Mandate To Make The State’s Entire Grid Fossil Fuel Free

EI’s Mike O’Boyle is quoted in a Futurism article discussing the feasibility of a 100% renewable grid and the bill in California’s state legislature targeting 100% renewables statewide by 2045.

Could Success Spoil ISO-NE?

EI analysis is cited in a POWER Magazine article exploring how ISO-NE’s past success regionalizing New England’s grid could limit its future clean energy growth.

Utilities Grapple With Rooftop Solar And The New Energy Landscape

EI’s Mike O’Boyle is quoted in an article discussing rooftop solar’s role in helping utilities in some states begin to adapt to a new renewable energy paradigm.

Trump’s Climate Policy Legacy Will Be Making Disasters Like Harvey Worse

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

California’s Goal: An Electricity Grid Moving Only Clean Energy

A bill in California’s state legislature targets 100% renewables statewide by 2045. EI’s Mike O’Boyle is quoted in a Los Angeles Times article discussing the feasibility of a 100% renewable grid.

Resilience Or Flexibility? DOE’s Grid Report Lays Bare The Struggle Between Past And Future

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.

DOE’s Grid Reliability Study Is a Rorschach Test for the Future of Electricity

Analysis by EI’s Mike O’Boyle is featured in InsideClimate News’ coverage of the long-awaited DOE grid study and implications for the U.S. power mix.

Perry’s Grid Study Calls for Easing Pollution Rules on Power Plants

Analysis by EI’s Mike O’Boyle is featured in InsideClimate News’ coverage of the long-awaited DOE grid study and implications for the U.S. power mix.

California’s Cap-and-Trade Program Gets Boost From Sold-Out Auction

Analysis by EI’s Chris Busch is featured in a Morning Consult story about California’s record high 3rd quarter 2017 cap-and-trade auction results.

California Pollution Permits Sell At Highest Price Ever

Analysis by EI’s Chris Busch is featured in an Associated Press story about California’s record high 3rd quarter 2017 cap-and-trade auction results.

California Cap-And-Trade Program Gets A Shot In The Arm With Strong Permit Auction Results

Analysis by EI’s Chris Busch is featured in a Los Angeles Times story about California’s record high 3rd quarter 2017 cap-and-trade auction results.

Getting the Most Out of Vehicle Electrification for Both Customers and the Grid

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.

Nearly $1 Billion In Pollution Permits Fly Off Shelf In California Auction

Analysis by EI’s Chris Busch is featured in a Sacramento Bee story about California’s record high 3rd quarter 2017 cap-and-trade auction results.

California Auction Raises $640 Million for Greenhouse Gas Fund

Analysis by EI’s Chris Busch is featured in a Bloomberg BNA story about California’s record high 3rd quarter 2017 cap-and-trade auction results.