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From Diesel to Wind on Block Island
Located just 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, Block Island has been called one of the last great places in the Western Hemisphere. Now the island is about to become well known for another reason—it will soon be home to the first offshore wind farm in the United States.
A Small Iowa Town Embraces Energy Independence
Tiny Bloomfield, Iowa, with the help of RMI’s eLab Accelerator, is a surprising one with big implications for small towns across America.
Tesla Hitting the Battery Accelerator
No one knows for certain what lower-priced batteries means for the grid. Readily available, cheap storage is certainly capable of changing the grid as we know it, but other factors will all play an important role in the relevance of batteries moving forward.
Taking the “Pulse” of Your Home or Office’s Electric Load
A number of companies are developing increasingly more-accurate and transparent solutions to enhance the value of smart meter data for consumers.
California Flattens Rate Blocks, Rolls Out Default Time-of-use Pricing
California’s three largest investor-owned utilities will soon go through a major electricity rate reform, replacing the four-tier structure with a two-tier or a three-tier structure. While this would seem to discourage conservation and efficiency, new default time-of-use rates could change the entire equation.
