Yesterday I was on the Political Analysis program of the Progressive Radio Network from 5-6 PM (Central). Catch the interview with Sandy LeonVest at PRN’s...
February 9, 2011 Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of the nation’s counties, cities and towns, we urge Congress to support legislation that clearly affirms...
Vermont’s Standard Offer: The Stories We want a Vermont powered by clean, homegrown energy that doesn’t create radioactive waste or wreck our planet’s climate, and...
A new report about electric grid deregulation in Texas shows (yet again) that deregulation of electricity leads to much higher ratepayer costs: In 2009, the...
A new report from SunRun recently revealed that permitting can significantly increase the cost of residential solar PV projects, adding as much as 20 percent...
Updated 3 PM: Preliminary numbers had suggested that Southern California Edison’s distributed rooftop solar PV purchase would be among the most cost-effective solar projects in...
Can a state with a renewable energy mandate require green jobs to stay at home? Litigation has made states into tepid defenders of their job...
Over 30 U.S. states mandate renewable energy and are willing to pay higher prices for clean electricity. But most states lack a jobs and economic...
Last week we noted how distributed (solar PV) generation scales, highlighting the 3,000 megawatts of solar PV that Germany installed in 2009, over 80% on...
Overruling a utility challenge, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) affirmed today that states have the right to set prices for mandated renewable energy purchases...
Community wind projects deliver larger economic returns and encounter less local resistance, but a new report released last week shows that developing community wind still...
Late last year, the Federal Housing Administration announced a new PowerSaver loan program to provide financing for home energy efficiency improvements. The program comes on...
I talked with Al Weinrub as he wrote this report and I think it’s another great demonstration of the cost and local economic superiority of...
The batteries and the solar cells themselves are something like shock absorbers for the grid. If drivers want to charge up their cars during peak...
Although both produce electricity from the sun, there are significant differences between solar PV and concentrating solar thermal electricity generation. This FAQ provides answers to...