Why the Potential for Grid Defection Matters

March 11, 2014

This blog post explores why cost parity doesn’t necessarily equate to widespread customer defection, why defection would create a suboptimal electricity system, and why even the specter of customer defection is relevant.

Fort Collins’ Clean Energy Economy Powers Ahead with Jobs, Innovation, and Savings

March 4, 2014

Fort Collins is a pragmatic community with a penchant for excellence. It is renowned as a bike-friendly college town and one of the most prolific microbrew hubs in the country. It also happens to be one of the more interesting places in the world to watch community-based energy transformation take…

Fickle Winds

February 26, 2014

After record installations in 2012, U.S. wind power experienced a precipitous drop in installed capacity last year. PTC uncertainty is partially to blame, so how can wind move past the PTC to market-based solutions?

Will the Electricity Grid Become Optional?

February 25, 2014

A new RMI report identifies when and where solar-plus-battery systems could enable affordable customer defection from utilities.

Renewables Power a Rural German Village

February 19, 2014

A small town in the corner of rural eastern Germany, 40 miles south of Berlin, may be one of the best examples of decentralized self-sufficiency.