Electricity
Supreme Court Considers FERC 745: What’s At Stake for Demand Response
As an integrated grid continues to evolve that more-seamlessly blends centralized and distributed assets and capabilities, Order 745 might prove itself in hindsight the first of many debates about who regulates what and how the electricity grid operates.
Hawaii just ended net metering for solar. Now what?
Earlier this week, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a ruling ending net energy metering (NEM) for all new solar customers in the state. Now, new customers will have a choice to make between two new tariffs: a “grid-supply” option and a “self-supply” option. (More on their details…
San Francisco Prepares for the Big One with Microgrids
In 2008 the USGS reported that California has a 99 percent chance of a magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquake in the next 30 years. So the City of San Francisco is not taking any chances—they’re preparing for the (next) big one with microgrids.
Giving Low-Income Families Access to Clean Energy and Efficiency
In June, RMI—along with its partner organizations—launched eLab Leap in New York to identify the unmet needs and create solutions that empower and improve the lives of low-income communities and households in a clean energy future. Forty diverse groups joined eLab Leap’s first meeting including low-income and consumer advocates, environmental…
eLab Accelerator Explores Resilience Options in Sun Valley
The eLab Team is analyzing the solar and other renewable energy potential of the area to determine how much energy the area can produce locally, and the Institute is focused on how to finance the project through a mix of public and private money.