Electricity
The Best Time to Plan Transmission Was 15 Years Ago. The Second-Best Time Is Now.
In this post, RMI demonstrates why cost-effective decarbonization requires the rapid build out the long-range transmission lines that can carry wind and solar power from where it is produced to where it is consumed.
Shining a Light on Utility Performance in Hawaii’s Clean Energy Transition
In June 2021, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved an extensive portfolio of performance mechanisms, including almost 40 metrics and scorecards that provide visibility into a wide scope of utility operations.
States Move Swiftly on Performance-Based Regulation to Achieve Policy Priorities
This article examines some of the emerging trends in performance-based regulation — and ways that states now implementing or considering PBR can learn from the early adopters.
What Do We Know about Utility Shutoffs of Vulnerable Families during COVID-19?
As households across the United States began to feel the multifaceted impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of grassroots organizers rallied for a moratorium that would protect vulnerable customers facing disconnections from their utility. Disconnecting households for unpaid energy bills would have meant the loss of critical energy services…
Is Georgia Power’s New Plan Enough to Reach Net Zero by 2050?
Georgia Power Company, a subsidiary of utility giant Southern Company, proposed a 20-year energy plan with state regulators in December 2021.