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PIMs for Progress
This report reviews a selection of historical PIM examples and provides a simple accounting of the results to identify important lessons for future PIM development. By exploring why some PIM proposals are rejected while others are accepted, as well as what happens to PIMs after acceptance, regulators can learn how these regulatory tools can best be leveraged in a shifting electricity landscape.
US City Stimulus
The report recommends five strategies that Congress could use to direct stimulus investment toward helping cities recover and build back better from the dual challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic downturn.
Nigeria’s First Commercial Undergrid Minigrid Project
The solar hybrid project in Mokoloki community is Nigeria’s first rural commercial undergrid minigrid, which came online in February 2020. Early evidence indicates the project will improve electricity service, support community development, and reduce utility losses.
