Carbon-Free Electricity
Accelerating the Transition to Clean Electricity Around the World
42%
of global energy GHG emissions
30M
jobs created in renewables by 2030
100%
increase in electricity demand to decarbonize other sectors
We Must
Scale clean energy portfolios
Build clean, competitive, modern grids
Make utilities clean energy champions
RMI Will
Prove that clean energy portfolios are the highest-value resource via analysis and support to global utilities and regulators.
Establish best-practice wholesale market design and empower grid system planners to support high penetrations of renewables.
Develop utility decarbonization pathways, partner on lighthouse examples, and support regulators and advocates to enact bold regulations.
RMI is bringing the benefits of clean energy to all by transforming global power systems to support modern, low-carbon economies.
Market Levers
Business Models
Innovations to flip utilities from foes to champions
Finance
Capital models to support early retirement
Education
Build capacity to empower leaders to act boldly
What We Do
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Business Models and Regulatory Design
Supporting comprehensive regulatory and business model reform and innovation to flip utilities from foes to champions.
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e–Lab: Electricity Innovation Lab
Helping unlikely allies work together in developing critical electricity solutions.
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Managing the Coal Capital Transition
Financing models to support retirement while offering a path toward a clean power sector.
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Research & Analysis
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Article
Increased Spending on Transmission in PJM — Is It the Right Type of Line?
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Article
Wasted Wind and Tenable Transmission during Winter Storm Elliott
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Article
How the Second-Largest US Utility Can Cut Both Costs and Carbon
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Article
What Happens When Utilities Start to Integrate the IRA into Planning?
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Article
A Utility Investment Plan Is Like a Camel
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Report
Reimagining Resource Planning
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Article
A Severe Winter Means High Energy Bills
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Article
How Utilities Can Save Customers Billions of Dollars
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Article
Reality Check: The United States Has the Only Major Power Grid without a Plan
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Report
Virtual Power Plants, Real Benefits
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News
RMI Launches “Virtual Power Plant Partnership” With Support from General Motors & Google Nest
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Article
Clean Energy 101: Virtual Power Plants
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Article
Unwrapping Coal in 2022
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Article
Free Software, More Voices, Better Plans
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Article
The Business Case for New Gas Is Shrinking
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Report
Power Planning to the People
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Report
Guidelines for Financing a Credible Coal Transition
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Article
How to Finance a Credible Coal Transition
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Article
Small Changes Could Yield Big Savings for Georgia Electricity Customers
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News
RMI Launches Global Guide Highlighting New Ways to Speed Up Clean Electricity Transition Ahead of COP27
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Article
Let RMI Be Your Guide to the Global Energy Transformation
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Report
Market Structures
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Report
Fossil Fuel Transition Strategies
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Points of Progress
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Article
Fighting for a Just Transition for Coal Communities
