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How Utilities Can Save Customers Billions of Dollars
If utilities modernize the way they select the resources they run each day, they can save carbon and reduce energy prices.
Reality Check: The United States Has the Only Major Power Grid without a Plan
The US electric grid is fragmented into independent grids and transmission planning regions, which poses a threat to reliability, especially during increasingly frequent extreme weather events.
Clean Energy 101: Virtual Power Plants
Homes and businesses can make the grid more reliable, and get paid to do so, by forming virtual power plants.
RMI’s Most Read Stories of 2022
From Putin’s War to the climate bill, a year packed with unprecedented energy and climate news drove engagement with RMI’s most read stories.
The Energy Transition in 2022
After two centuries of growth, 2022 was the turning point for the fossil fuel system.