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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eLab Accelerator: Financing the Shift to Clean Energy
Build competitive and ambitious clean energy project applications that can unlock billions of dollars of federal resources with the help of our experts
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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
Invest in People to Reap the Benefits of the Energy Transition
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News
USDA $9.7B Rural Community Clean Energy Program Receives 150+ Letters of Interest
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Article
Beating the Heat: The Summer Clean Energy Records Worth Celebrating
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A Key Climate Solution is Lifting Off
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Article
Community Benefits Plans: Driving Equitable Clean Energy Development
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Article
For Ratepayers to Realize Savings from Clean Energy, Utility Business Models Need an Update
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Article
We Don’t Need Another Interregional Transmission Study to Take Action
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Article
A Reliable Grid Depends on Rapid Clean Energy Deployment. EPA’s Proposed Standards Help Accelerate That Shift.
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Article
Public Policies
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Article
Going the Distance on Interconnection Queue Reform
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Report
Unlocking Coal Contracts
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Report
Developing an Impactful Solar for All Proposal
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Article
The Ongoing Struggle to Join PJM’s Grid
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News
Major Global Corporations Join with RMI to Advance Electric Sector Transformation
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Article
Cheaper, Cleaner, Faster
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Report
X-Change: Electricity
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Report
Strategies for Encouraging Good Fuel-Cost Management
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Article
Coal Contracts Lock In High Costs and High Emissions. It’s Time to Break Free.
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Article
Introducing the Clean Mobile Power Initiative
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Article
How Policy Can Advance a Circular Battery Economy
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Article
Hey Investors: More Stable Power Bills, Richer Communities, and Increased Shareholder Returns Are Waiting
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RMI Statement on Debt Agreement in Congress
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News
RMI Expands “Virtual Power Plant Partnership” Adding Industry-Leading Businesses
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News
STATEMENT: EPA Power Plant Standards Preserve Reliable, Affordable Electricity.
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Article
New Power Plant Standards Preserve Reliable, Affordable Electricity
