News & Commentary

Clean power just keeps winning and winning in the marketplace. According to the Energy Information Administration, wind and solar power made up 74 percent of new electricity generation. But the big story of 2021 is around solar.

The CPUC’s Proposed Decision, if adopted, it would institute significant reforms to the Commission’s net metering (NEM) rate for residential customers with rooftop solar. This proposed decision is the culmination of a year-long proceeding at the CPUC.

Most people believe the United States has a power grid that stretches from coast to coast. But the reality is that we have a patchwork of local and regional grids run by many different utilities. The limited “interregional” transmission lines…

In Los Angeles, buildings are the top source of carbon pollution, and the city is taking bold steps to end these harmful emissions completely by 2050. As city leaders and other stakeholders consider how to achieve these emissions reductions equitably…

Adopting the Clean Trucks Program in Oregon and the Advanced Clean Trucks and Zero Emission Vehicle Programs in Washington solidifies the West Coast as one of the world’s biggest markets for electric vehicles.

Nevada approves $100 million investment in charging infrastructure for electric cars, trucks, and buses.

While the Department of Transportation proposed rescinding the LNG by rail rule, the Department must still adopt this proposal.

According to the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions scenario, unabated gas-fired generation must start to decline in the late-2020s. Governments, multilateral and private financial institutions must step up to phase out financing, especially for overseas gas.

In an op-ed calling for the nuclear power plant’s operating license to be extended past 2025, Steven Chu and Ernest Moniz acknowledge that the process would be “complex.” It wouldn’t just be complex; it would be hugely expensive and wrong.

Now we’re counting on the Senate to deliver on the country’s most consequential climate legislation ever.

What should rooftop solar customers be paid for the electricity they generate, and how should the costs of the electric system that we all depend on be shared among customers with and without rooftop solar?

Replacing coal with forest biomass is not a climate solution. But cracks are beginning to show in the UK Government’s finely tuned head-in-the-sand approach to biomass energy policy.

This week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives are giving serious attention to the opportunities and challenges of siting renewable energy projects and their associated transmission infrastructure on public lands.