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Amazon and Dominion Virginia Power Reach Breakthrough Renewable Energy Agreement
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon.com’s cloud computing division, has signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with its retail electric utility, Dominion Virginia Power (DVP). Recently, RMI met…
Design Matters: Unpacking Xcel’s Current Rates Proposal
Across the electricity system, utilities’ face a reckoning between traditional rate designs and disruptive trends. As distributed solar raises concerns about cost shifts onto a shrinking customer base, and DERs grow ever more capable, the electricity rates charged to customers are central to industry-wide efforts to rethink the utility business model.
Fannie Mae’s Financing for Solar: A Game Changer for the Solar Industry
Guest author Jamie Johnson is the founder and CEO of Energy Sense Finance. Mortgage companies play an important role in making solar photovoltaics (PV) more affordable…
Time to Choose: The Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Change
Rocky Mountain Institute's CEO Jules Kortenhorst interviews Tom Dinwoodie on his new movie about the threats of climate change and the stories of people working on the frontlines to address this global challenge. The film will open soon across the country.
Community Solar: A Cost-Effective Bridge away from Net Metering?
Community-scale solar is the solar electricity market’s latest darling. Utilities are excited by the opportunity for revenue and grid benefit, developers see the attraction of scale for all types of utilities and retail markets, and local communities and state regulators are jumping at the opportunity to expand community participation and enhance solar access at reduced cost.
