Electricity
What Do We Know about Utility Shutoffs of Vulnerable Families during COVID-19?
As households across the United States began to feel the multifaceted impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of grassroots organizers rallied for a moratorium that would protect vulnerable customers facing disconnections from their utility. Disconnecting households for unpaid energy bills would have meant the loss of critical energy services…
Is Georgia Power’s New Plan Enough to Reach Net Zero by 2050?
Georgia Power Company, a subsidiary of utility giant Southern Company, proposed a 20-year energy plan with state regulators in December 2021.
Reality Check: Red-State Voters Want Clean Energy Too. Just Ask Nebraska
Nebraska public officials adopted net-zero carbon goals across the electricity sector.
Businesses Taking Real Action Is Essential to a Zero-Carbon Future
Two years into this decisive decade for climate action, when we must halve global carbon emissions, we have reasons to feel hopeful about the state of climate-related innovation and action.
The Hidden Costs of Keeping Gas Plants Online in Texas and Beyond
As Texas braces for another cold snap, it's certain that the power grid that failed Texans last year—leading to hundreds of deaths and billions of dollars in economic damage—will be tested again.