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Austin’s Solar Tariff Newly Incorporates RMI’s Energy Price Hedge Recommendation
Renewables scored a major victory recently in the natural gas heartland that is Texas. In a resolution adopted by the Austin City Council on August 28, the city declared solar energy its default generation resource.
Is Wearable Tech the Next Frontier of Energy Savings?
The connectedness between wearable tech and the wearer opens up at least three categories of energy management opportunities: at home, at the office, and personal.
Three Energy Gamechangers for China and the World
This decade China is set to regain the status it has held for 18 of the past 20 centuries: the world’s largest economy. A major…
Why the Net Energy Metering Debate Misses the Point
The debate around the continuation, expansion, reform, or abolishment of NEM distracts from a much bigger opportunity to unleash innovation and investment in distributed energy resources (DERs) in ways that are better for everyone: customers, DER providers, and utilities alike.
The U.S. Electric Grid has a Baby Boomer Social Security Problem
Both baby boomers and coal-fired power plants are fast approaching the end of their working lives and entering retirement in droves, placing huge financial strain on the nation—one on our Social Security safety net, the other on our electric grid.