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Letting Customers Lead Us to a 21st-Century Electricity Grid
From Hawaiian homeowners to large customers in the Nevada desert to government fleet managers in cities across the U.S., customers are beginning to take control…
The BRC and Second Nature: Bringing Renewable Energy to Campuses Nationwide
Guest author Timothy Carter, Ph.D., is the President of Second Nature. Renewable energy is truly having its moment in the sun. One doesn’t have to…
Rate-Design Best Practices for Public Electric-Vehicle Chargers
Public direct current fast chargers (DCFC) are anticipated to play an important role in accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) and in mitigating greenhouse…
Boulder Commons Sets New Standard for Net-Zero Leases
Just two miles from downtown Boulder, Colorado, a new net-zero energy (NZE) development is under construction: Boulder Commons. The project consists…
Shifting Currents
The regional power-grid operator Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has quietly become a leader in renewable energy, and recent improvements to its marketplace signal an opportunity…
