Electricity
New York’s Next Steps in the REV-olution
It has been more than three years since Superstorm Sandy came ashore, creating massive storm flooding, gasoline shortages, and more than a week of power outages. Sandy’s devastation revealed critical gaps in New York’s utility infrastructure that inspired Governor Cuomo’s administration to launch New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV)…
The Business Value of Demand Flexibility
Electricity is the lifeblood of our society, but building more electric power capacity is expensive. Fortunately, there's a lower-cost approach, similar to the method that telecom, cable, and Internet companies have been using for decades to manage peak demand on their networks. Instead of building redundant capacity for each user, these networks intelligently manage both demand and supply.
Moving to Better Rate Design
Electricity stakeholders have long debated what makes for good rate design, but many of the new options offered are seriously flawed and, as a result, severely underperform against policy goals for system cost reduction, customer engagement, and environmental improvement. RMI has released a new report to help address these challenges.
Green Giant 3M Signs First-Ever PPA With Invenergy
3M, the global manufacturing and technology giant, announced its first-ever power purchase agreement in February for a hefty 120 MW of power. The power was procured from Invenergy, North America’s largest independent renewable power generation company.
Business Renewables Center and RE100 Cement Partnership
The Business Renewables Center (BRC) is working together with RE100, led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, to accelerate the procurement of renewable energy by some of the world’s most influential companies.
