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Fulfilling America’s Pledge
When President Trump walked away from the US target under the Paris Agreement, we knew states, cities, and businesses needed to pick up the mantle of climate leadership. But people wanted to know: what difference can these bottom-up initiatives make? Is America’s pledge still within reach despite the abdication of…
Finding Value in the Energy Future: How Utilities Can Collaborate with Low- and Moderate-Income Customers to Do More
Download RMI’s new report, Finding Value in the Energy Future: How Utilities Can Collaborate with Low- and Moderate-Income Customers to Do More. Low- and moderate-income (LMI) customers have historically had troubled relationships with the utility companies that provide them with power. LMI customers and communities pay much higher proportions…
Using Undergrid Minigrids to Drive Development in Thousands of Sub-Saharan African Communities
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, hundreds of millions of people live “under the grid,” where they are nominally served by a utility but receive little or no power. For example, in Mokoloki community in Ogun State, Nigeria, electricity arrives sporadically; residents can only access power for a few hours at a time,…
Connecting Western Co-op Members With Cost-Effective Clean Energy
If you would like to learn more about the results of this report and receive updates as they become available, please click here. The emergence of very low-cost renewable energy pricing in the United States has created unprecedented opportunities, and some risks, for utilities currently reliant on high-cost, legacy…
Saving Colorado Customers Money with Clean Energy
Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan, which will be considered by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission this month, has made national news with its promise to save the utility’s customers more than $200 million by shuttering an aging coal plant and replacing it with a combination of renewable energy and…