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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Insights
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Blog
Bringing Back Clean Air
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Blog
Where We Are in the Energy Transition
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Blog
Grading Your Utility’s Shopping Habits
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Blog
What Is Needed to Meet US Climate Commitments
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Blog
Put Cities at the Heart of America’s Infrastructure and Economic Recovery
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Blog
Is Coal Failing Fast or Slow?
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Blog
US Cities Bought More Renewables Than Ever in 2020. Here’s How.
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Blog
Efficient, Resilient Buildings Can Help Texas Weather the Next Crisis
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Blog
Renewable PPAs Are the Opposite of Risky Business
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Blog
ERCOT Isn’t the Only Thing That Needs Fixing
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Blog
Transforming the US Power Sector in the Decisive Decade
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Brief
Cutting Carbon While Keeping the Lights On
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News
RMI Shows Opportunities to Lower Costs and Reduce Emissions in the US Power System
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Blog
Securitization in Action: How US States Are Shaping an Equitable Coal Transition
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Blog
Powering Decarbonization in Illinois: A Cautionary Coal Tale
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Report
Transition Opportunities for Prairie State Energy Campus
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Blog
North Carolina Advances Its Clean Energy Transition Despite Challenges of 2020
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Climate Change Is Messing with Texas
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Blog
Five Lessons from Hawaii’s Groundbreaking PBR Framework
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News
Rocky Mountain Institute Releases Report on the Economic Development Benefits Rural America Is Reaping from the Growth of Renewables
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Report
Seeds of Opportunity
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Blog
Renewables Offer Rural America the Economic Development Opportunity of a Generation
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Blog
The Top 11 Clean Energy Developments of 2020
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Wind and Solar: The New Cash Crops
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Blog
The New (Ab)Normal
