Electricity
Reality Check: The United States Has the Only Major Power Grid without a Plan
The US electric grid is fragmented into independent grids and transmission planning regions, which poses a threat to reliability, especially during increasingly frequent extreme weather events.
Clean Energy 101: Virtual Power Plants
Homes and businesses can make the grid more reliable, and get paid to do so, by forming virtual power plants.
Unwrapping Coal in 2022
As the world phases out coal, we ask four questions about coal transition mechanisms and where they are headed.
Free Software, More Voices, Better Plans
Free, publicly accessible grid planning tools are leveling the playing field for a variety of organizations engage with well-resourced utilities.
The Business Case for New Gas Is Shrinking
Taking full advantage of the tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act, can make clean, renewable energy cheaper than 99 percent of proposed gas plants.