Electricity
Reimagining Grid Resilience
This report describes the changing nature of resilience within the US grid and details specific recommendations to take advantage of current technological trends. This will help bring about investment in a grid that promotes resilience by design, economically and from the bottom up, and not as a cost-adding afterthought years later.
Regulatory Solutions for Building Decarbonization
The old model of utility regulation is not conducive to an all-electric future and the scope of change needed is broad. To help inform that evolution, this report offers a framework for the comprehensive regulatory reforms required to transition to clean energy in the US building sector, along with more than 40 specific recommendations for action.
Lessons for Grid Resilience from the Upper Roaring Fork Valley
This report examines the outcomes of a multi-month Rocky Mountain Institute-supported process to “create” resilience involving utility Holy Cross Energy and various other organizations in Colorado’s Upper Roaring Fork Valley. It highlights key lessons that will be invaluable to energy resilience planning and implementation efforts around the world.
Powering Paradise
This report provides a comprehensive review of Hawaii’s clean energy journey, exploring the various elements which have come together to make this possible.
The Growing Market for Clean Energy Portfolios
The economics of CEPs compared with every proposed US gas plant in 2019