Mike O’Boyle

Senior Director, Electricity

Mike O’Boyle is Senior Director, Electricity at Energy Innovation. He directs the firm’s Electricity program which focuses on designing and quantifying the impacts of policies needed to affordably and reliably decarbonize the U.S. electricity grid. He has worked with Congressional staff and U.S. state policymakers—including those in California, Hawaii, Minnesota, New York,  and Oregon — to help improve the link between public policy goals and the motivations of electric utilities.

Mike and the Electricity team focus on designing and quantifying the impacts of policies needed to decarbonize the U.S. electricity grid including clean electricity standards, wholesale market design, monopoly utility regulation, and energy efficiency policies. He is a frequent contributor to Forbes, and has written for Canary MediaThe Hill, New York Times, and Utility Dive.

Mike has authored reports covering a wide range of power sector topics, including achieving a high-penetration clean grid, designing and implementing a clean electricity standarddistributed energy resource ownership and operationmechanisms for adopting performance-based regulationproper valuation metrics for utility compensation, and more.

Before joining Energy Innovation, Mike graduated cum laude from Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he focused on energy and international law. He also has a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in philosophy and Asian Studies, with a minor in economics.

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Works from Mike O’Boyle

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Declaration of Ric O'Connell, Michael O'Boyle, and Brendan Pierpont in support of environmental and public health respondent-intervenors

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[Episode #226] – Load Growth Shenanigans

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EPA Climate Rule Has Safety Valves. Here’s What That Means.

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Biden Administration Considers Scrapping Its Cutting-Edge Proposal To Slash Power Plant Pollution

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Southeast Utilities Want To Meet Surging Power Demand With Gas, Not Renewables

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‘Panicked Rush To Gas’ Could Hike Energy Costs, Report Warns Regulators

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More Demand, More Gas: Inside The Southeast’s Dirty Power Push

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Regulators: Don’t Panic And Rush To Gas Amid Cries We’re Out Of Power

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The 2035 Report: Reconductoring With Advanced Conductors Can Accelerate The Rapid Transmission Expansion Required For A Clean Grid

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The 2035 Report: Reconductoring With Advanced Conductors Can Accelerate The Rapid Transmission Expansion Required For A Clean Grid

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Meeting Growing Electricity Demand Without Gas

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Biden’s Climate Playbook: Propose Strong Rules, Then Soften Them

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Biden’s Softer Climate Regulation Shows Bit U.S. Bet On Subsidies To Decarbonize

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How A Trump Presidency Could Threaten Biden’s Signature Climate Achievement

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45V Exemptions Need Strong Guardrails To Protect Climate, Grow Hydrogen Industry

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Impact of Investment Tax Credit on Interconnection Costs

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Giant U.S. Wind Farm Opens In Boost For Offshore Wind

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Overcoming Clean Energy’s Slowdown Requires “Investment Grade” Policy

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Maintaining A Reliable Grid Under EPA's Proposed 111 Rules Restricting Power Plant Emissions

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What to Watch for at FERC's Annual Reliability Technical Conference

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Inflation Plagues Clean Energy. How Bad Is It?

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Renewable Costs Have Risen: Policymakers Can Help Reserve The Inflationary Blip

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Tools for Energy Regulators to Manage Power Sector Inflation

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California Takes Big First Step Toward Floating Offshore Wind

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Accelerating U.S. Clean Energy Deployment Through Investment-Grade Policies

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Utilities Say EPA Power Plant Rule Isn’t Ready

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How Offshore Wind Can Supply 25% Of U.S. Electricity By 2050

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2035 and Beyond: Abundant, Affordable Offshore Wind Can Accelerate Our Clean Electricity Future

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Offshore Wind Can Meet Quarter of U.S. Power Demand

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Conservatives Have Already Written A Climate Plan For Trump’s Second Term

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'Battle Plan': How The Far Right Would Dismantle Climate Programs

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Policy Report: 2035 and Beyond: Abundant, Affordable Offshore Wind Can Accelerate Our Clean Electricity Future

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Technical Report: 2035 and Beyond: Abundant, Affordable Offshore Wind Can Accelerate Our Clean Electricity Future

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Electricity System Decarbonization: Where We Stand And The Challenges Ahead

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Republican Lawmakers Are Making It Harder For Power Companies To Pivot Away From Coal. Their Constituents May Be Paying he Price

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Two States Are Ramping Up Clean Energy Incentives. That Was The Inflation Reduction Act's Point

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EPA: Climate Law-- Not Power Plant Rules-- Will Reshape Grid

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4 Energy Issues To Watch With EPA's Power Plant Rule

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EPA Won't Require Carbon Capture At All Power Plants-- Sources

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Smart Design Of 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit Will Reduce Emissions And Grow the Industry

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Inside Biden’s Balancing Act On Ditching Coal

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Nevada Plans To Add Gas Plant As Drought Threatens Power Grid

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The iPhone Is Staging A Quiet Revolution In How We Charge Our Devices

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A Sectoral Approach To Climate Mitigation: The Energy Sector

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Webinar: Coal Cost Crossover 3.0

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Accelerating Clean Energy In China: Q+A With Expert Jiang Lin

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Stunning New Data On The Economics Of U.S. Coal Vs. Renewables

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Arizona Still Gets A Huge Amount Of Power From Burning Coal. How Soon Could That Change?

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U.S. Coal Power Refuses To Die. What That Means For Climate

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Renewables Would Provide Cheaper Energy Than 99% of U.S. Coal Plants And Catalyze A Just Energy Transition

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The Coal Cost Crossover 3.0

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Coal Cost Crossover 3.0: Local Renewables Plus Storage Create New Opportunities For Customer Savings And Community Reinvestment

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Replacing U.S. Coal Plants With Solar And Wind Is Cheaper Than Running Them

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Report: Duke Energy's N.C. Coal Plants More Expensive To Run Than Building New Solar Farms

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The U.S. Can Go Much Bigger On Offshore Wind: 3 Lessons From The UK And Denmark

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New England Clean Energy Goals Slam Into Oil Reality

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States Have A Huge Role To Play In Enacting The Inflation Reduction Act

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Why Wind And Solar Are Ready To Power China's Next 40 Years

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Gas For Coal? Debate Rages On As Electric Companies Invest

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Dems Will Flex Climate Muscle After Big Wins In Mich., Minn.

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Closing The Emissions Gap Between The IRA And 2030 NDC: Policies To Meet The Moment

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Scientists Achieve Major Advance In Fusion Energy That Could Provide Clean, Carbon-Free Power

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State Action Is Key To Inflation Reduction Act Implementation

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Biden Begins New Phase On Climate Action

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Storage, Demand-Side Innovation, Neighbors, And A Bit Of Luck-- Reliability Lessons From Summer 2022

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State PUCs Should Re-Examine Planning, Procurement Costs In Wake Of Inflation Reduction Act: Report

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Implementing The Inflation Reduction Act: A Roadmap For State Electricity Policy

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States Will Play A Key Role In Implementing Climate Law

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NiSource's Top Sierra Club Grade Shows Action Matters More Than Net-Zero Pledges

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California's Green Dreams Mean Adding More EVs To A Rickety Grid

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A Big Payoff From U.S.-China Climate Coordination

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Inflation Reduction Act benefits: Billions in just transition funding for coal communities

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How The Climate Bill Could Strengthen EPA Regulations

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Axed From Climate Deal, These Ideas Might Be Revived By Dems

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California's Grid Is Beating The Summer Heat-- So Far

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Biden Could Unlock New Powers By Declaring A 'Climate Emergency'

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Biden Searches For Climate Emergency 'Sweet Spot'

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Unleashing The Economic Power And Reliability Potential Of West Coast Offshore Wind

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Offshore Wind: A Crucial Resource To Decarbonize The Western United States

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Achieving An 80 Percent Carbon Free Electricity System In China By 2035

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Four Ways California Can Keep The Power On Amid Climate Change. More Natural Gas Isn't One Of Them.

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Report: California Hydropower Could Be Cut In Half This Summer

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Achieving An Equitable And Reliable 85 Percent Clean Electricity System By 2030 In California Webinar

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How California Can Get To A Reliable, 85% Clean Grid By 2030

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California Considers 3 GW Of Offshore Wind By 2030 As Experts Stress Need For Clean Energy Diversity

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Achieving 85 Percent Clean Electricity By 2030 In California

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Why EPA Might Make New Gas Plants Catch Carbon

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California Wants 100% Renewable Power. It Just Hit That Milestone-- Briefly

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Did California Actually Hit 97% Renewables In April? Yes And No

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President Biden's Climate Ambitions Are All But Dead

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Biden And Manchin Speak Different Languages On Hydrogen

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U.S., Europe Seek Path To Cut Russian Fuel, Help Climate

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EPA Eyes New Rule For Gas-Fired Power Plants

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Manchin's Budget Offer Can Help America Fight Inflation And Climate Change

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Environmental Groups Are United In California Rooftop Solar Fight, With One Notable Exception

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Three Ways Utilities Can Keep Pace With The Unprecedented Amounts Of Clean Power Coming Online

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2022 Outlook: U.S. Solar And Wind Boom Continues Despite Supply Chain Woes, Build Back Better Uncertainty

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Plagued By Daily Blackouts, Puerto Ricans Are Calling For An Energy Revolution. Will The Biden Administration Listen?

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Lone Democratic Senator Blocks Biden's Climate Agenda As COP26 Nears

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Natural Gas Prices Are Rising And Could Be The Most Expensive In 13 Years This Winter

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Natural Gas And Net Zero: Can They Coexist?

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White House Promotes Faraway Promise Of Green Hydrogen

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Biden’s Clean Energy, Net-Zero Goals 'Not Feasible' — Report

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Major Utility Questions Biden’s Signature Climate Plan

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What Will Meeting Our Climate Goals Look Like?

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Biden's Solar Goals Hinge On Reconciliation Bill

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China Doesn’t Need Another Coal Power Plant

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One Policy That Could Challenge A Century Of Fossil-Fuel Dominance

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Democrats Hope To Pass A Clean Energy Standard That Will Force Utilities To Go Green

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Why The American Jobs Plan Would Benefit Coal-Heavy Utility Stocks

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New England And The South Shoulder The Nation's Highest Energy Costs, WalletHub Survey Finds

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Without The American Jobs Plan, Clean Energy Jobs Will Go To China And Europe

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How America’s Coal Cost Crossover Supports An Ambitious Federal Clean Electricity Standard

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Plummeting Wind, Solar, And Battery Costs Now Enable An 80% Clean Electricity System By 2030

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Arizona shows pitfalls of Biden's 100% clean energy plan

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Biden's Climate Bet Rests On A Clean Electricity Standard

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The US Coal Fleet Is Running Out Of Time And Money. What Comes Next?

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Report: Wind, Solar Energy Cheaper Than Most Wisconsin Coal Plants

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Coal Is Losing The Price War To Wind And Solar Faster Than Anticipated

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The Coal Cost Crossover 2.0

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Replacing Coal Plants With Renewables Is Cheaper 80% of the Time

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Solar And Wind’s Competitiveness Over Coal Is Accelerating, Analysis Shows

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Pricey Lumps Of Coal

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Only 20% Of U.S. Coal Will Survive Past 2025 — Report

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Biden's $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Meets Power System Needs, But Leaves Room For Political Dealing

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Push for 80% clean grid materializes

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A National Clean Electricity Standard To Benefit All Americans

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2030 Report: Powering America’s Clean Economy

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Advances Mean All New US Vehicles Can Be Electric By 2035, Study Finds

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Accelerating Clean, Electrified Transportation by 2035: Policy Priorities

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How Will Biden Policies Affect Oil And Gas Jobs?

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Carbon taxes Are Out, And Clean Electricity Standards Are In

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There's A Dirty Secret Behind Many Utility Climate Pledges

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US Coal's 'Road To Extinction' May Take Well Over A Decade Without Policy Push

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What Biden's 'Climate Day' Means For 100% Clean Electricity

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Fusion Capitalism Podcast Part Two

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2021 Outlook: 10 Power Sector Trends To Watch

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Fusion Capitalism Podcast Part One

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Competition Can Unlock The U.S. Clean Energy Economy

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Joe Biden's About to Floor It To A Green Future -- Straight Into State Speed Traps

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Southeastern Utilities Launch Plan For Regional Energy-Trading Market

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What Can Energy Storage Get From President Biden?

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How Does The US Retire 236 GW Of Coal And 1,000 Gas Peaker Plants?

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When Will Electricity Companies Finally Quit Natural Gas?

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BIG STORY: Utilities replace coal with gas, but new solar may be cheaper

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How Utilities Can Avoid Being Financially Swamped by the Coal Closure Wave

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Wind, Solar Smash Records. But Analysts Worry It Won't Last

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New Finance Model Swaps Coal for Renewables

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Comparing 2019 Securitization Legislation In Colorado, Montana, and New Mexico

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Deregulating Energy Monopolies In the Southeast

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Pathways to 100 Percent Zero Carbon Power by 2035 Without Increasing Customer Costs

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Five Technological Pathways To Reach A 100 Percent Clean Electricity Future: Delivering Enormous Health And Job Benefits Without Increasing Customer Costs

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Increasing Electric Vehicle Charging Access At Multi-Unit Dwellings: Workshop Summary Report

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How Much Investment Is Needed For A Clean Energy Future?

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Pathways To A Low Carbon Future Part 1

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Pathways To A Low Carbon Future Part 2

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Legislature Poised To Study How Utilities Meet Energy Needs

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The US South Could Save Money By Cleaning Up Its Power Grid

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NY Focused On Power Grid Reliability In Wake Of California Blackouts

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Economic and Clean Energy Benefits of Establishing a Southeast U.S. Competitive Wholesale Electricity Market

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Study: Southeast RTO Would Cut Rates, Emissions

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Making the Case for an Integrated Energy Market in the Southeastern US

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Energy Consulting Groups Value Southeast RTO Potential At $384B Savings By 2040

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For lower-Cost Southeast Power, Double The Solar And Add Wholesale Power Trading

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Daily on Energy: Southeast Utilities’ Climate Goals Could Be Costly Without Organized Power Market

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Analysis Supports Competitive Southeast Power Market

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13 Major climate change reports released so far in 2020

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Performance Incentive Mechanisms Can Support Broad Policy Goals, RMI Finds

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New Mexico’s Plan to Shut Down Coal Without Leaving People Behind

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Solar-For-Coal Swaps Could Turbocharge Clean Energy Revolution

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Electric Co-ops Lead Growing Wave Of Early Coal Plant Retirements With ‘Solar-For-Coal Swaps’

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‘Solar For Coal’ Swaps: A Financial Innovation That Could Accelerate The Carbon Transition

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Solar for Coal Swaps

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One Way to Retire Coal Plants: Buy Out the Owner

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Solar For Coal Swaps Could Facilitate Utilities' Renewable Transition, Analysis Shows

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Solar-For-Coal Swaps Emerging As New Tool For Retiring Coal In Energy Transition

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TVA Interested In Joining Southeast Energy Market, But Stakeholders Question Lack Of Detail

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How To Replace 187 GW Of Coal With Renewables, And Save Customers Money

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A 90% Clean Grid Can Be Achieved Quickly. What’s Holding It Back?

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90% Clean Power By 2035 Is ‘Challenging But Feasible’

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Reaching 90 Percent Clean Electricity In The U.S. By 2035

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How The US Electricity Grid Could Go On A 90% Carbon-Free Diet

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The U.S. Energy Grid Can Be Both Cheaper And Cleaner

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Rewiring The U.S. For Economic Recovery

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Coal Spiral Deepens With 13 Plant Closures Announced In 2020

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Renewables Dethrone King Coal

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When Will Renewables Pass Coal? Sooner Than Anyone Thought.

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Natural Gas: A Bridge to Climate Breakdown

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Making The Most Of The Power Plant Market: Best Practices For All-Source Procurement Of Electric Generation

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Report: Natural Gas Is A Loser For Long-Term Utility Shareholder Value

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Outdated Business Models Are Holding Back Greater Renewables, DER Integration – Enter DSOs

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Environmentalists Question If Natural Gas Is A Solution To Climate Change

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Inside Clean Energy: An Energy Snapshot In 5 Charts

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Natural Gas: A Bridge To Climate Breakdown

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Utility Investors Risk Billions In Rush To Natural Gas: Is It A Bridge To Climate Breakdown?

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U.S. Natural Gas Infrastructure Investment Increasingly Risky: Report

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Leading States Have Designed New Ways To Help Utilities Fight Climate Change

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Performance Incentive Mechanisms for Strategic Demand Reduction

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State regulators need cyclical reviews to get the most out of utility performance incentive mechanisms: Report

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A Seven-Mile Gas Pipeline Outside Albany Has Activists up in Arms

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Major Ariz. utility vows to ditch coal and go carbon-free

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2020 Outlook: New state action on customer empowering rate designs and business models

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Utilities Have Big Plans To Cut Emissions, But They’re Struggling To Shed Fossil Fuels

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How Effective Utility Monopsony Regulation Drove Colorado’s Shockingly Cheap Wind And Solar Bids

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Managing The Utility Financial Transition From Coal To Clean

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Utilities Running Uneconomic Coal Plants Cost Consumers $3.5 Billion From 2015-2017

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California’s Blackouts Could Make Fighting Climate Change Even Harder

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Utilities Are Promising Net Zero Carbon Emissions, But Don't Expect Big Changes Soon

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The U.S. Southeast: A Hotspot For Uneconomic Fossil Power, Already Costs Consumers Millions

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Building Electrification: Research Perspectives On Technologies, Policies, And Mitigation Strategies

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America's Mega-Emitters Are Starting To Close

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Can American Utilities Profit From The Energy Transition?

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Harvesting Hybrid Solutions From Performance-Based Rates: "Not All Or Nothing"

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Performance-Based Regulation: Seeking The New Utility Business Model

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Cheap Clean Energy Makes New Natural Gas A Risky Bet Utility Regulators Should Avoid

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Four Economic Reasons Renewables Will Dominate Fossil Fuels

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Broad US Power Sector Emissions Reduction Feasible, But Influencing Decision Makers Is Key

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Solving For Climate Change: Everything You Know About Energy In The US might be wrong

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'Money For Nothing': Consumer Groups, Utilities At Odds Over Who Pays For Closing Plants

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The Billion-Dollar Coal Bailout Nobody Is Talking About: Self-Committing In Power Markets

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Securitization Fever: Renewables Advocates Seize Wall Street's Innovative Way To End Coal

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As Wisconsin Utilities Embrace Clean Energy, Some Lobby For A More Democratic Solution

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1 In 5 Americans Now Live In Places Committed To 100% Clean Power

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As World Burns, Clean Energy Growth Stalls For First Time In Nearly Two Decades

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Washington And Nevada Join The Swelling List Of States Aiming For 100% Clean Power

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Out-Of-State Coal Interests Are Funding A Battle To Keep Indiana Coal Plants From Closing

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State Electric Plants Pivoting Away From Coal

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Goodbye To Arguments Against Renewables. New Studies Find Them As Reliable And Cheap As Fossils

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Coal Fading From America's Economic Radar Despite White House Push

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Solar And Wind Energy Are Now Cheaper than Coal

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Solar And Wind Are Now Cheaper Than Most Of America’s Coal

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Coal Makes Way For Solar Energy In United States

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Solar Vs. Coal: Why The "74% Report" Signals A New Era For US Energy

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Report: New Solar, Wind Could Replace Coal While Cutting Costs

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With Wind And Solar Costs Dropping, U.S. Enters ‘Coal Cost Crossover’

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U.S. Enters ‘Coal Cost Crossover’ Thanks To Falling Solar, Wind Costs

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74% Of U.S. Coal Plants Are "Walking Dead" Thanks To Cheaper Renewables

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Es Más Barato Sustituir La Mayoría De Las Plantas De Carbón De EEUU Por Renovables Que Mantenerlas Abiertas

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The Coal Cost Crossover: Economic Viability Of Existing Coal Compared To New Local Wind And Solar Resources

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More bad news for coal: Wind and solar are getting cheaper

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'Coal is on the way out': study finds fossil fuel now pricier than solar or wind

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'Simple Laws Of Economics' Doom Remaining US Coal Plants as Solar And Wind Are Now Cheaper For American Households

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Report: Nearly 75% Of US Coal Plants Uneconomic Compared To Local Wind, Solar

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Report: Local Wind And Solar Plants Beat Out Majority of US Coal Plants On Cost

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Renewables Cheaper Than 75 Percent Of U.S. Coal Fleet, Report Finds

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Analysis: New Wind, Solar Cheaper Than Operating Most Existing Coal Plants

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Report: Wind, Solar Energy Now Cheaper Than Most Existing Coal Plants

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It’s Cheaper To Replace Most Coal Plants With Renewables Than Keep Them Open, Per Report

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Majority Of Coal Plants Are Uneconomic To Nearby Wind, Solar, Report Finds

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Most U.S. Coal Plants Would Save Money By Switching To Wind Or Solar

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Consumers Save Money In Coal-Renewables Switch — Study

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Trade Your Coal For Locally Sourced Solar Power By 2025!

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New Wind And Solar Power Is Cheaper Than Existing Coal In Much Of The U.S., Analysis Finds

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PG&E And The Future Of U.S. Utilities

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As Extreme Weather Forces Coal to Falter, Where Will Resilience Come From?

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Maximizing Distributed Energy Resources: Global Insight On Distribution Grid Regulations

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Utility Goes Big On Energy Storage. But Will It Cut CO2?

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Total Offshore Wind Capacity Grew By A Staggering 20% In 2018

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Entergy’s New Orleans Gas Plant Shows Our Regulatory Model Is Failing

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Navigating Utility Business Model Reform: A Practical Guide

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U.S. Offshore Wind Will Be Bigger Than You Think

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SEPA Reports Envision Five Future Business Models For Investor-Owned Utilities

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Coal Got Clobbered In 2018. Here's The Damage

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Trending Topics - Steel for Fuel: How Utilities Can Replace Fossil Fuel Expenses With Renewable Energy Earning Potential

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As PacifiCorp And Other Analyses Point To More Coal Shutdowns, Replacement Questions Rise

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There's Wind In The Sales Of Off-Shore Property

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

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PacifiCorp Shows 60% Of Its Coal Units Are Uneconomic

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Utility Financial Transition Impact: From Fossil to Clean

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Steel For Fuel: Opportunities For Investors And Customers

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Depreciation And Early Plant Retirements

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Debt For Equity Utility Refinance

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

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Navigating Utility Business Model Reform: A Practical Guide to Regulatory Design

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Report Offers 10 Options To Preserve Utility Role Amid Clean Energy Transition

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Report Shows New Utility Business Models Are Key To Energy Transition

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Investment-Grade Policy: De-Risking Renewable Energy Projects

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10 Options And 5 Case Studies Show How To Reform Utility Business Models

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Four Ballot Measures That Could Shape U.S. Climate Policy

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Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy

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Trending Topics - Beneficial Electrification: How To Make It Work

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Beneficial Electrification: How to Make it Work

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Up To 10 GW More Solar, 2-2.5 GW Of Batteries Coming In California

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Offshore Wind Is A Good Value For The East Coast

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Offshore Wind Is Getting Cheaper. Oh, And Much Sooner Than Expected

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Efficiency Leads Projected 10% Job Growth For California's Advanced Energy Sector

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Can A 'DER Authority' Fix The Utility Information Problem To Boost Clean Energy?

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New Jersey Is Now The United States' Hottest Clean Energy Economy

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New Jersey (Re)emerges As A National Clean Energy Leader

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Arizona Water Provider Approves Record-Low-Cost Solar PPA To Replace Coal

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California's Bold Climate Solutions

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APS: Controversial RFP Does Not Violate Arizona Gas Moratorium

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'Stunning' APS RFP Could Violate Arizona Gas Moratorium, Critics Say

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The Rise Of Performance-Based Regulation And Other Policy Developments

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California Just Became First State To Mandate Solar Panels On New Homes

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Is Offshore Wind About To Hit Cost-Competitiveness In New York And New England?

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Trending Topics – How To Build A Foundation for New Utility Business Models

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How To Build A Foundation For New Utility Business Models

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Are Electric Vehicle Charging Corridors The Best Way To Spend Volkswagen's Dieselgate Billions?

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FirstEnergy Asks DOE For Emergency Coal, Nuclear Bailout

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Levelized Cost Of Energy For Wind And Solar Continue To Drop Below Fossil Fuels. What Barriers Remain For A Low-Carbon Grid?

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Synergy Or Conflict? EVs And Solar

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Wind and Solar Costs Continue to Drop Below Fossil Fuels. What Barriers Remain for a Low-Carbon Grid?

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Are Renewable Portfolio Standards On The Way Out? Three Ballot Initiatives Say Otherwise

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Trending Topics – It’s Time To Refine How We Talk About Wholesale Markets

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It’s Time To Refine How We Talk About Wholesale Markets

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America's Offshore Wind Boom Is Finally Here: Which State Will Win The Race To The Top?

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Trending Topics - What "Resilience" Means In A Clean Energy Future

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What ‘Resilience’ Means In A Clean Energy Future

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After Investing Billions, Is Illinois Grid Modernization Paying Off For Utilities And Customers?

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Solutions To The Utility Information Problem

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Rick Perry’s Plan To Subsidize Coal And Nuclear Plants Is Bonkers

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Renewables Face New Policy Battles On Two Fronts

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How DOE's Baseload Power Rule 'Would Blow The Market Up'

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DOE Rulemaking Threatens To Destroy Wholesale Markets With No Tangible Benefit

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Solutions to the Utility Information Problem

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Energy Secretary Perry Requests Federal Rules to Boost Cost Recovery for Coal and Nuclear

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Three Ways Electric Utilities Can Avoid A Death Spiral

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California Plans For Its Post-Fossil-Fuel Future In Electricity, Cars

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

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

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The Simple Reason Most Power Utilities Suck

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

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

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Utilities Grapple With Rooftop Solar And The New Energy Landscape

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

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

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

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DOE Grid Report Reasonable, But Words Matter - A Lot

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

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Technical Challenges Of The Eclipse

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The five-step guide to a smarter grid

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It's No Stretch, The U.S. Electric Grid Needs Flexibility To Decarbonize

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Secretary Perry, We Have Some Questions for You Too

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How Policy Can Help Overcome Wind Siting Barriers in the Northeast

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How to Site Wind, Solar and Transmission Projects in the Land-constrained Northeast US

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Barriers To Renewable Energy Siting Impede State Climate Goals: Innovative Policy Can Help

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How A Smart Grid Relies On Customer Demand Response To Manage Wind And Solar

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Siting Renewable Generation: The Northeast Perspective

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Harnessing The Power Of The People Through "Value Of Solar"... And Beyond

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Getting the Most out of Grid Modernization

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Wind and Solar Are Our Cheapest Electricity Generation Sources. Now What Do We Do?

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Wind and Solar Costs Are Plummeting: Now What Do We Do?

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How Utilities Can Become Efficiency Innovators

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Canadian Hydro: A Lifeline for Northeastern Clean Energy Goals?

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Alternatives to Conventional Utility Compensation Can Unlock Untapped Value

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You Get What You Pay For: Moving Toward Value in Utility Compensation

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You Get What You Pay For: Moving Toward Value in Utility Compensation, Part 2 - Regulatory Alternatives

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Debunking Four Myths About The Clean Energy Transition

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Debunking 4 Myths About The Clean Energy Transition, Part 4: Carbon Emissions

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Debunking 4 Myths About The Clean Energy Transition, Part 3: Renewable Costs

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Debunking 4 Myths About the Clean Energy Transition, Part 2: Excess Generation

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Debunking 4 Myths About The Clean Energy Transition, Part 1: The “Duck Curve”

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How Big Data Can Unleash a Distributed Energy Future

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Designing a Performance Incentive Mechanism for Peak Load Reduction: A Straw Proposal

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Metrics for Energy Efficiency: Options and Adjustment Mechanisms

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Improving Performance in Publicly Owned Utilities

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3 Ways Public Power Providers Can Prepare for Technology and Market Changes

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Improving Performance in Publicly-Owned Utilities

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The Future of Demand Response Without FERC Order 745

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A Tale of Two Regions: Why Wind Is Booming in Texas and Stalling in the West

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Skin in the Game: New Case Studies Illuminate Best Practices for DER Ownership and Operation

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Who Should Own and Operate Distributed Energy Resources?

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The Western US Needs Better Regional Planning to Modernize the Grid

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Distribution Optimization: Ready for Takeoff (part 2)

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Should Utilities Own Distributed Battery Storage?

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Why utilities should push for performance-based regulation

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Do Pay-for-Performance Capacity Markets Deliver the Grid Resiliency Outcomes We Need?

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Accelerating Carbon Reductions from California's Electricity Sector

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50% California Renewables Possible by 2030 With Smart Choices

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An Adaptive Approach to Promote System Optimization

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How China Can Hit Renewable Energy Targets