EI’s Robbie Orvis and Mike O’Boyle outline how wholesale market design and underlying terminology favors conventional fuel-based generation—often at the expense of cheaper, cleaner technologies.
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Trending Topics – A Year-End Update On Electricity Policy From The Field
It is now cheaper to build new wind and solar than new coal or often natural gas. In growing swaths of the country, it’s often cheaper to build new wind (and sometimes solar) than continuing to run existing coal plants. The implications are profound.
Trending Topics – What “Resilience” Means In A Clean Energy Future
DOE wants to shore up coal and nuclear power plants in the name of resilience. EI’s Mike O’Boyle discusses what resilience means for a clean energy future.
Trending Topics – Flexibility, Not Resilience, Is Key to Wholesale Electricity Market Reform
EI’s Eric Gimon argues grid flexibility technology, not resilience, is the key to resolving wholesale electricity market concerns in the U.S.
Trending Topics – Getting The Most Out Of Vehicle Electrification For Customers And The Grid
An America’s Power Plan expert says vehicle electrification is a massive investment opportunity for utilities that could also benefit customers and the grid, if adequately planned for and compensated.
Trending Topics – Energy Efficiency’s Existential Crisis Is Also an Opportunity
A guest contributor for America’s Power Plan says creating portfolios of energy efficiency projects to deliver demand reductions where and when utilities need them can help keep pace with grid demand.