Press Archive

New Jersey Is Now The United States’ Hottest Clean Energy Economy

EI’s Mike O’Boyle and NJ Conservation Foundation’s Barb Blumenthal say New Jersey is the hottest U.S. clean energy market with a 50% renewable energy by 2030 goal as well as America’s most ambitious offshore wind and energy storage targets.

New Jersey (Re)emerges As A National Clean Energy Leader

EI’s Mike O’Boyle co-authors an editorial describing how New Jersey’s new clean energy legislation will help it re-emerge as a national leader on offshore wind, solar power, efficiency, and energy storage.

Trump Wants to Bail Out Coal and Nuclear Power. Here’s Why That Will Be Hard.

EI’s analysis of the cost impacts from a federal coal and nuclear bailout of U.S. power plants is featured in an article assessing if the proposal will work.

Five Questions on Trump’s Coal, Nuke Bailout

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted on the potential cost implications of DOE’s proposal to coal and nuclear bailout to keep uneconomic plants online.

Uneconomic Coal Could Be Squeezed Out Of European Union Power Markets By 2030

EI’s Silvio Marcacci says economics and climate policies are squeezing European Union coal generation, closing power plants and threatening huge stranded asset costs. Coal could be completely uneconomic in the EU as soon as 2030.

Arizona Water Provider Approves Record-Low-Cost Solar PPA To Replace Coal

EI’s Mike O’Boyle is featured in an article discussing a new record low-cost solar PPA price for an Arizona utility seeking to replace coal-fired generation.

ERCOT’s Summer Peak Demand Forecast: New Investment, Generator Profits, No Blackouts

EI’s Eric Gimon discusses how the ERCOT summer peak demand forecast will weather tight supply margins and attract new investment without suffering blackouts.

What Trump’s “Unprecedented” Power Plant Bailout Could Mean For The Ohio Valley

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal outlines how the Trump Administration’s power plant bailout proposal could be delayed by legal challenges.

Administration Proposes Emergency Measure To Save Coal And Nuclear. How Will It Impact Consumers?

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing potential consumer costs from the Trump Administration’s coal and nuclear bailout proposal.

Bailing Out The Coal Industry Will Hurt Consumers

EI’s analysis of potential consumer costs for a coal industry bailout is featured in an opinion article criticizing the proposal in the New York Times.

Trump Officials Planning To Force Americans To Spend $311m-$11.8b/Year To Keep Unprofitable Coal And Nuclear Energy Plants From Shutting

EI analysis of potential consumer costs from a federal coal and nuclear bailout is cited in an article discussing the Trump Administration’s policy proposal.

Trump Administration Taking ‘Immediate Steps’ To Try To Stop Closure Of Coal, Nuclear Power Plants

EI analysis of the potential consumer cost implications of a federal subsidy for coal and nuclear is cited in an article discussing the Trump Administration’s policy proposal.

Trump Orders A Lifeline For Struggling Coal And Nuclear Plants

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted discussing potential costs of a federal coal and nuclear bailout an article summarizing President Trump’s proposal to subsidize these generation sources using emergency wartime powers.

Breaking Down The Opposition To DOE’s Emergency Coal And Nuclear Bailout Plan

Research by EI’s Robbie Orvis on the costs of a federal coal and nuclear bailout is featured in an article summarizing the opposition to President Trump’s proposal to subsidize these generation sources.

China’s All In On Electric Vehicles: Here’s How That Will Accelerate Sales In Other Nations.

EI’s Chris Busch explores how China’s expansion into the global electric vehicles market will accelerate EV sales in other nations by driving down prices and spurring manufacturing competition.

PJM Capacity Auction Results Show Solar Boom

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing the solar and wind generation implications of this week’s PJM capacity auction.

Capacity Auction Offers More Troubling News For Nuclear

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article exploring what PJM Interconnection’s latest capacity auction means for the economics of troubled nuclear power plants.

320 GW Of Non-Traditional, Untapped Rooftop Solar Potential In USA

A recent editorial by EI’s Silvio Marcacci is quoted in a new article discussing the potential for low-income rooftop solar to expand in the U.S.

PJM Loses A Quarter Of Its Nuke Capacity In Latest Power Auction

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing why a quarter of nuclear power plants in PJM did not clear its 2020-2021 capacity auction

Capacity Prices Jump in Most of PJM

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing the results of PJM’s Interconnection 2020-2021 capacity auction, which resulted in higher prices but losses for nuclear power.