Press Archive

Boldness Required: Minnesota Should Adopt More Ambitious Climate Policies

EI’s Aimee Witteman says the Minnesota Energy Policy Simulator demonstrates how bolder climate policies would create tens of thousands of jobs for the state and add billions to the economy every year, while advancing health and equity.

Experts Tell Biden: Your Climate Goals Require a Carbon Price

EI analysis concludes that delaying decarbonization from today until 2030 would raise the overall cost of energy capital, operations, and fuel by 72 percent.

Analysis: Waiting To Cut Emissions Will Ultimately Make It More Expensive

EI modeling of two policy scenarios for reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 finds the cumulative costs of the 2030 scenario are 72 percent higher than a scenario that immediately implements decarbonization policies.

Waiting 10 Years To Start Eliminating Emissions Will Cost The US More Than $3.5 Trillion

EI’s Megan Mahajan says the policy goals being discussed today are the goals needed to get us on the path to net-zero emissions.

Clean Energy Expert To Help Climate Team Decarbonize Grid

EI’s Robbie Orvis says, as a part of the Biden administration, Sonia Aggarwal can help drive the focus on the policies and technologies that can allow us to achieve deep decarbonization of the U.S.

Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 3 States To Watch In 2021

EI’s Bruce Nilles says California has a generational opportunity to align its massive residential and commercial building sector with its world-leading air pollution and carbon reduction goals.

A ‘Nerve Center’ For Climate In The Biden White House

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal’s areas of expertise areas include the development of a clean energy standard, and she will be working with Gina McCarthy and David Hayes in the White House Office of Climate Policy.

Biden Adds 6 Policy Experts To His Climate Team

EI’s Co-founder and Vice President Sonia Aggarwal has been appointed as President-elect Joe Biden’s senior adviser for climate policy and innovation.

Biden-Harris Team Appoints More White House Staff, Among Them Indian-American Climate Expert

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal has been appointed senior advisor for Climate Policy and Innovation in the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy.

Fusion Capitalism Podcast Part Two

EI’s Mike O’Boyle explains why natural gas infrastructure will increasingly become a stranded asset and how policy can support a financial transition away from coal and gas to a clean energy economy.

2021 Energy Predictions: U.S. Clean Energy Standard, Tripling Energy Storage, State Shift From Gas, Electricity Transition, Billions In Climate Investment

EI’s Silvio Marcacci shares insights from leading experts on clean energy technology and policy trends to watch this year, and why we should expect an even faster acceleration to the clean energy economy in 2021.

Fusion Capitalism Podcast Part One

EI’s Mike O’Boyle joins host Steve Melink to discuss the 2035 Report and share how policy can accelerate the clean energy transition while reducing costs for customers and creating millions of new jobs.

Competition Can Unlock The U.S. Clean Energy Economy

EI report finds extending wholesale markets in the Southeast could deliver cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable electricity across the region, reducing customer bills by 23 percent and slashing emissions by 37 percent, while creating at least 285,000 new jobs by 2040.

The 7 Things Biden Should Do First To Tackle Climate Change

EI’s Sara Baldwin says accelerating emissions reductions and setting interim goals will be critical to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

A Healthy China-U.S. Race On Environmental Protection Is Welcome

EI’s CEO Hal Harvey explains why China and the U.S. have an opportunity to collaborate on pathways to zero carbon buildings, industry, and transportation, and how to achieve carbon neutrality through international cooperation.

Joe Biden’s About to Floor It To A Green Future — Straight Into State Speed Traps

EI’s Mike O’Boyle says a federal clean energy standard provides the incentive to investors and developers to scale up renewable resources, which we need to do much faster to achieve a safe climate future.

Meet The ‘Hydrogen Home’: Is It Key To A 100% Clean Grid?

EI’s Jeff Rissman says because electrolyzers are expensive, and there needs to be more research and development to drive down their costs to get wider deployment, it makes more sense to prioritize green hydrogen use for industrial sectors as well as shipping and aviation, rather than buildings.

Southeastern Utilities Launch Plan For Regional Energy-Trading Market

EI research found an integrated wholesale market could yield $384 billion in economic savings and drive the development of 131 gigawatts of clean energy resources by 2040, while significantly reducing the amount of redundant capacity resources utilities will need to build.

How Biden Can Unleash 7.8 Trillion Investment and Create 6 Million Jobs By Expanding The Grid

EI’s Sarah Spengeman explains how a Biden administration can accelerate clean energy deployment, achieve climate goals, and create millions of new jobs by removing policy barriers to new transmission.

Report suggests West Virginia must embrace renewable energy for economic growth

EI analysis on the coal cost crossover is cited in an article discussing how improving renewable energy economics could save consumers money in West Virginia.