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Dismembering the CPUC, What the Heck is Happening in California?
privately owned electric and natural gas utilities (as well as telecom, water, passenger transit and rail). California House lawmakers have passed a ... , providing CPUC with extremely broad authority to enact and enforce policies
IMF Links Low Interest Rates to Missing Stimulus from Oil Price Declines
oil prices mean consumers spend less on energy and have more money in ... this isn’t happening, and economists at the International Monetary Fund ... that stock markets and oil prices are moving downwards together, rather
Navigating the Energy Demands of Blockchain in a Climate-Constrained Future
artworks have sold for millions of dollars, and the internet is once again ... , discussion is focused primarily on energy demands and climate impacts with the ... alarming, are ultimately solvable with coordinated regulation, and that
How the Current Siting Regime Stifles Renewable Energy
generation and transmission projects, argues Uma Outka in a recent article. Siting laws and regulations govern where energy infrastructure can be ... , such as greater collaboration between developers, conservationists, and
Communicating Policy: Raising IRA Awareness in Philadelphia
A 2023 survey by the Washington Post and the University of Maryland ... rebates and tax credits for electric vehicles and home energy efficiency ... communication. Encouragingly, a 2023 survey by Yale and George Mason University
The Disconnection Spiral: How the Trump Administration’s Attack on LIHEAP Risks a Larger Crisis
.7 million low-income households nationwide to help meet their heating and cooling needs and avoid disconnection from utilities. While much of LIHEAP ... poverty line, Black and Hispanic households, households with young children
How Proposed EPA Changes Could Reshape U.S. Clean Energy Markets
health and welfare, creating the Endangerment Finding, requiring the EPA to ... Fund, and state GHG emissions standards. Revisiting the finding, combined ... for energy markets and development. Obstacles to Repealing the
Artificial Intelligence for Smart Buildings
norm, and Rahul Mangharam is making demand-side energy flexibility ... vortexes, the price can jump from $25/ MWh to $2,680/MWh, and the grid ... in the grid. And 70 percent of electricity is consumed by heating and
How Big a Threat Is the Supreme Court to Biden’s Climate Agenda?
President Joe Biden has set an ambitious clean energy and environmental agenda that includes a $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan, and a renewed commitment to the Paris Climate agreement. To achieve his
Distributed Energy: Utilities’ Existential Challenge?
savings and environmental benefits. Yet every kilowatt hour of electricity ... prospect of flat and even declining electricity revenue, concerns over their future economic health, and the reliability of the electric power supply we