General
Caveat Investor
The electricity industry has been abuzz with talk of an impending death spiral brought on by distributed solar and, to a lesser extent, efficiency. The case is incomplete, but there is emerging evidence to suggest utility investors should proceed with caution.
eLab Accelerator Part 3: Pathways to Clean Energy
In the final installment of our eLab Accelerator blog series, we are reviewing three teams who are focused on developing strategies to understand and achieve clean energy futures.
eLab Accelerator Part 2: Evolving Utility Business Models and Regulation
In this second installment of our eLab Accelerator blog series, we are exploring how companies, organizations, states, and communities are working to evolve utility business models, rate structures, and regulatory structures so that renewable and distributed resources can be reliably and economically integrated into the energy system.
Keep Solar Finance Weird? …Hopefully Not
If distributed solar is to attain anywhere close to the penetration levels RMI outlined in Reinventing Fire, its financing must become much more boring and less weird. It should start to look like everyday financing.
eLab Accelerator Part 1: Kickstarting Community Energy
This week, RMI kicks off eLab Accelerator, our bootcamp for electricity innovation. More than 100 participants from across the country are rolling up their sleeves to make rapid and targeted progress on the trickiest issues they’re facing.
