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Wind and Solar Are Saving Texans $20 Million a Day
Wind and solar projects in Texas have avoided $20 million per day in fuel costs to meet electricity demand.
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Totex Ratemaking Could Help Keep Rates Affordable Through the Clean Energy Transition
Exploring the feasibility of a regulatory innovation that could help keep utility rates affordable through the clean energy transition.
Electricity
Making the Clean Energy Transition Affordable
Totex ratemaking could help contain utility bills for families. Though accounting concerns have been raised, we see no real barriers to US adoption.
Electricity
The Solution to Grid Reliability? Go Bigger and Bolder on Renewables and Energy Storage
Doubling down on fossil fuels is a misguided and costly way to try to avoid the kinds of grid issues now being faced in Texas.
Electricity
FERC Could Slash Inflation and Double Renewables with These Grid Upgrades
You don’t have to be an economist to know that inflation is one of the chief financial challenges facing Americans today. Key indicators point to energy prices as a principal driver of the increased cost…
Electricity
Electricity Customers Are Getting Burnt by Soaring Fossil Fuel Prices
“Cost sharing” between customers and their utilities could have saved ratepayers at least $2 billion during the height of the pandemic.
Electricity
Five Steps for Utilities to Foster Authentic Community Engagement
RMI shares best practices for engagement, based on our work collaborating with utilities and communities across the country.
Electricity
Ensuring an Inclusive Clean Energy Transition
RMI’s recovery and revitalization framework aims to ensure that the shift to clean energy uplifts coal communities and workers.
Electricity
Securitization in Action
As the cost of renewable energy continues to decline, over 12 gigawatts of coal capacity are set to retire in 2022 in the United States.
Electricity
Structured Finance for Energy Transition
How to turn a coal plant in Mississippi into clean energy while supporting workers and benefiting customers.