Electricity
The State of Utility Planning, 2024 Q4
A review of all integrated resource plans for electric utilities across the United States to evaluate progress toward a zero-carbon energy future.
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How Uneconomic Coal Plants Hurt our Health — and Drive Up Healthcare Costs
Coal plants running at financial losses are costing US communities billions in health-related expenses.
Electricity
Powering Through Uncertainty
Regulators in the Western United States must understand the key drivers of resource adequacy risk and the options available to navigate them.
Electricity
The Sherco Clean Repowering: How One Community Turned a Coal Plant into a Hub for a New Clean Economy
Federal incentives, interconnection queue shortcuts, strong engagement and support from the community and local workers, and an involved regulator helped lead the way for to transition a coal community into a clean energy driver.
Electricity
Four Essential Assumptions for Future-Ready Grid Modeling
IRP modeling assumptions must be reassessed to align planning with the needs of an increasingly decentralized, flexible, and weather-dependent grid.
Electricity
Mind the Regulatory Gap
A regulatory gap has led to a costly shift in utility investment to local transmission assets, putting the energy transition at risk.
Electricity
High Electricity Prices? Utilities Have a Coupon for That
Through the Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment program, utility grid investments can be much more affordable and just as reliable.
Electricity
Modeling the DOE’s Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Program in Resource Planning
Recommendations for utility modelers and regulators to maximize ratepayer savings using low-cost federal loans.
Electricity
Reimagining Utility Climate Risk Planning
How Regulators and Utilities Can Leverage and Improve Climate Risk Assessment Frameworks to Drive an Affordable and Equitable Transition.
Electricity
The Affordable Energy Future We All Need Is Closer than Ever
The solutions and resources that will help our nation weather the years ahead are right in front of us; how fast we realize them is up to us.