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Collaborating with Utilities to Meet Underserved Community Needs
A guide to help community organizations collaborate with their utilities to deploy commercial solar and solar + storage in their neighborhoods.
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3 Reasons Why Climate Players Should Care About Utility Rate of Return
Lower returns on equity for utilities will make them more competitive and hasten the energy transition.
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Michigan Put Its Foot Down on Uneconomic Coal Operations — Will Your State Be Next?
Michigan’s Public Service Commission stopped a utility from charging customers extra to recoup expensive coal costs, setting an example for utilities nationwide.
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States in Sync
Western states must collaborate to expand the region’s electricity transmission system and unlock incredible economic opportunities.
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Surprisingly, There Is No National Standard for Resource Adequacy
A lack of national standards for resource adequacy gives grid planners an opportunity to adopt innovative new planning practices for reliability.
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Big Wires, Small Wires, and Non-Wires Solutions to “Electrify Everything”
Proactive, wholistic planning to modernize transmission, distribution, and the way we use electricity can enable economy-wide electrification.
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Improving Energy Affordability through Economic Dispatch
When utilities prioritize running more expensive power plants before cheaper ones, customers pick up the tab. Economic dispatch can change that.
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Planning to Harness the Inflation Reduction Act
A toolkit for electric utility regulators to ensure utility resource plans incorporate the opportunities presented by federal funding.
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VPP Policy Principles
Policy principles to help energy regulators and policymakers leverage virtual power plants to promote affordability and reliability.
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The Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Program: Federal financing for an equitable, clean economy
How two utilities could use EIR financing to invest in clean energy, benefitting their ratepayers and improving grid resilience.