Perhaps we’re not doomed to an economy controlled by a few giant corporations after all. A growing number of signs suggest that local, independent businesses...
Twenty MW is also consistent with Commission decisions. We have established certain contract provisions for small sellers because we have found they are unable to...
After winning an Oscar for Best Documentary for Inside Job, Charles Ferguson injected some much-needed real world relevance amidst the fabulously glitzy proceedings. … Read...
Have U.S. wind projects hit a size sweet spot? While average project capacity continues to grow, it’s largely because of increasing turbine size rather than...
Last week the Colorado PUC released draft rules for the Community Solar Gardens created under a 2010 state law. We discussed the legislation in detail...
Concentrating solar typically fills people energy nerds with visions of large fields of mirrors focusing sunlight to make heat/steam/electricity, but concentration technology is also available...
Craig Morris has a thorough discussion of why feed-in tariffs (CLEAN Contracts) and other renewable energy policies are still necessary even when renewables get to...
While the rest of the world is working to become more innovative and competitive, the North Carolina General Assembly is considering a bill that will...
Currently, Minnesota’s public schools spend approximately $84 million per year on electricity costs, money diverted from the classroom. But a bill to make clean, local...
The solution to the variability of solar power is more solar. It’s true that individual solar power plants can experience significant variation in power output,...
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...
Dear football fan, The Superbowl is over. But the real combat is just beginning. This time it’s not Packers v. Steelers. It’s Workers v. Bosses. ...