Electricity
Solutions for India’s Cooling Quandary
Last month consumers across India received a jolt when they were delivered their electricity bills. The combined effects of stay-at-home measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the sweltering heat of the Indian summer, and increased usage of energy intensive appliances such as air conditioners resulted in electricity bills being up to ten times higher than normal.
Aligning Utility Performance with the Public Interest
This article offers eight recommendations to regulators, utilities, and other stakeholders looking to integrate PIMs into their regulatory frameworks.
Solarize Campaigns: Helping Communities of Color Access Rooftop Solar
There is a new urgency across the United States to address structural and systemic racial inequities in criminal justice, wealth and housing, employment, health care, and education. These disparities are also pervasive in energy. One common measure of this is “energy burden,” or the share…
How COVID-19 Is Pushing Cities to Change Solar Permitting for the Better
In order to meet social distancing requirements brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, cities across the United States are moving permitting services, including solar, online. The International Code Council (ICC) recently surveyed its members and found that 65 percent of local code permitting officials have moved to remote work…
Reimagining Grid Resilience in the Energy Transition
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced much of the world to first shelter in place and then continue to spend significant time at home as outbreaks re-emerge. Reliable delivery of electricity to homes and essential businesses in this time of upheaval has been critical in maintaining any semblance of normality. Yet…
