Electricity
5 Lessons Learned from the Pepco-Exelon Merger Battle in D.C.
One of the biggest news stories in energy last week came from the “51st state,” where regulators finally approved Exelon and Pepco’s $6.8 billion merger proposal. This ends nearly two years of highly contentious hearings and creates the largest utility in the United States, affecting 2.2 million customers…
The Many Flavors of Community-Scale Solar
Community-scale solar has the potential to become the next market segment to present a real gigawatt-scale growth opportunity, as outlined in RMI’s recent insight brief. So far, the growth of solar photovoltaics (PV) in the U.S. has been concentrated in two markets. One is residential rooftop solar, which is…
Market Price Risk and the “Hockey Stick PPA”
In November 2015, more than 140 participants in the corporate renewable energy market gathered in New York City. They came together under the banner of RMI’s Business Renewables Center (BRC), a member-based platform that accelerates corporate renewable energy procurement. Last year, BRC-affiliated companies accounted for 88 percent of transactions. But to…
5 Reasons Community-Scale Solar is a Multi-GW Market Opportunity
Millions of homes and businesses are being left out of the solar revolution because they can't go solar. Community-scale solar is poised to change that. In a new report from RMI, we show how community-scale solar could unlock affordable access, creating a 30 GW market by 2020.
Learning from Islands: Renewable Transitions for Mines, Industrial Facilities, and the Military
What do mines, industrial facilities, and the military all have in common? They all have a need for reliable electricity in remote locations. It turns out these places and others can learn a lot from islands.
