November 2, 2024

Commentary & Special Reports

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NARUC Panelists: Rate Design Key for the Clean Energy Transition
Getting the right rates to customers is vital to ensuring that the industry's ongoing transition to clean energy is reliable and affordable, experts told NARUC.
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Clements: States Should not Wait on FERC for Transmission Planning
Stakeholders at NASEO's Winter Policy Summit debated whether energy offices should act as hubs for bringing stakeholders together and fostering collaboration.
Eviation
Low-carbon Propulsion is Changing Aviation
Commercial aviation can be carbon-free, say engineers and commercial airline planners who see the changes coming first in smaller electric aircraft.
BNEF
BNEF: Net-zero Targets Only Limit Climate Change to 1.77 Degrees
Transportation electrification is the key theme at the BNEF Summit in San Francisco, and CEO Jon Moore opened the event with what's driving the transition.
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Inflation Throwing a Wrench into Renewable Development
The U.S. economy is experiencing its first taste of high inflation in decades, and that is contributing to delays in new renewable power projects, experts say.
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NY Solar Developers Look to Soar on Policy, Funding `Tailwinds’
New York’s solar industry last week celebrated with state officials a mixture of favorable policies and new funding expected to boost the industry in 2023.
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Solar Industry Challenged by NY Home Rule
New York’s upstate/downstate dynamic and its home rule tradition are creating siting challenges for solar developers, speakers told the NYSEIA Solar Summit.
New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable
Experts Call for More Granular Clean Energy Procurement
Experts extolled the virtues of more granular clean energy purchasing at Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.
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PNNL: ‘Households Do Not Make Rational Decisions’ on EE Upgrades
Comfort and safety — not cost or environmental impact — is the top driver for people considering energy efficiency upgrades, according to a new PNNL study.
UNFCCC/COP27
At COP27: 18 Countries Join US in Net Zero Government Initiative
Eighteen countries joined the U.S. in signing on to cut greenhouse gas emissions from their national government operations to net zero by 2050 at COP27.

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