Press Archive

How Effective Utility Monopsony Regulation Drove Colorado’s Shockingly Cheap Wind And Solar Bids

EI’s Mike O’Boyle shares Colorado’s lessons learned in preventing utility monopsony power and how to replicate its competitive wind and solar bid results.

Utilities Running Uneconomic Coal Plants Cost Consumers $3.5 Billion From 2015-2017

EI’s Mike O’Boyle interviews authors of a Sierra Club report on how utilities running uneconomic coal plants have overcharged customers by $3.5 billion.

Battery prices are crashing. That’s good news.

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal explains how falling battery prices will make the technology cost effective for new applications on NPR’s Marketplace podcast.

How We Need To Evolve America’s Power Grid To Enable A Clean Energy Future

In Part Two of EI’s Overcoming Barriers to 100% Clean Energy series, Eric Gimon lays out policies to overcome four key clean energy hurdles.

Overcoming Barriers to 100% Clean Energy, Part Two: How We Need to Evolve America’s Power Grid to Enable a Clean Energy Future.

EI’s Eric Gimon outlines how smart policy can overcome barriers on the grid to 100% clean energy targets to achieve a paradigm shift in the US power system.

Murray Energy bankruptcy renews fears about Ohio’s mine reclamation fund

EI’s Coal Cost Crossover findings are cited in coverage of Murray Energy’s bankruptcy and concerns that Ohio’s mine reclamation is inadequately funded.

Top 5: The Decarbonization Edition

EI’s path to net zero transportation is listed as one of the top 5 recent developments in vehicle decarbonization trends.

This Is How The U.S. Gets To Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal outlines decarbonization policy in an article highlighting EI’s policy pathway to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Bill Gates-Backed Startup Claims Solar ‘Breakthrough.’ Is It?

EI’s Jeffrey Rissman discusses industrial decarbonization in an article discussing a concentrating solar “breakthrough” technology with industrial uses.

Clean energy, yes. But divisions put Dems on different paths

EI’s Robbie Orvis and Designing Climate Solutions help explain whether presidential climate plans can decarbonize U.S. electricity.

How To Reach U.S. Net Zero Emissions By 2050: Decarbonizing Electricity

Energy Innovation has identified the policy pathway to economy-wide U.S. net zero emissions by 2050: This article explores electricity decarbonization.

How To Reach U.S. Net Zero Emissions By 2050: Decarbonizing Transportation

Energy Innovation has identified the policy pathway to economy-wide U.S. net zero emissions by 2050: This article explores transportation decarbonization.

No more fire in the kitchen: Cities are banning natural gas in homes to save the planet

EI’s Amanda Myers explains that the American Gas Association’s conclusion that buildings need to continue to rely on natural gas is based on unrealistic assumptions.

How To Reach U.S. Net Zero Emissions By 2050: Decarbonizing Buildings

Energy Innovation has identified the policy pathway to economy-wide U.S. net zero emissions by 2050: This article explores building decarbonization.

How To Reach U.S. Net Zero Emissions By 2050: Decarbonizing Industry

Energy Innovation has identified the policy pathway to economy-wide U.S. net zero emissions by 2050: This article explores industry decarbonization.

California’s Blackouts Could Make Fighting Climate Change Even Harder

EI’s Mike O’Boyle details how wildfires causing California’s blackouts could threaten the state’s climate goals by raising power prices.

How Policy Can Help China Peak Its Emissions While Saving $560 Billion

EI’s Megan Mahajan details the policies that can help China peak its emissions by 2030 and generate $560 billion net economic savings by 2050.

Great Lakes States Among Those Fighting Air Rules Change

EI modeling on economic impacts of Trump’s proposed federal fuel economy rollback is cited in an article discussing Great Lakes opposition to the move.

Argentina May Be the Hottest Renewable Energy Market You Haven’t Heard Of. Can It Spur a Global Boom?

EI’s Silvio Marcacci details how Argentina unlocked its renewable energy potential to add 6.5GW and $7.5 billion investment in three years.

The U.S. Southeast: A Hotspot For Uneconomic Fossil Power, Already Costs Consumers Millions

EI’s Mike O’Boyle says by continuing to run and build uneconomic fossil fuel plants, Southeast U.S. utilities cost consumers millions and risk billions in stranded assets.