Energy

The US electricity system is undergoing a transformation that’ll change how energy is produced and used for decades. Our experts bring you the latest news and analysis on that transformation.

FEMA/Jocelyn Augustino

November 15, 2022

Congress-Move the Bipartisan NCARS Bill Over the Finish Line

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Rachel Cleetus

November 8, 2022

Comienza la conferencia climática COP27 en Egipto ¿Podemos salir de la “autopista al infierno climático”?

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Black Rock Solar/Flickr CC by 2.0

November 7, 2022

Estas cinco comunidades se mostraron resilientes ante la Temporada de Peligro del 2022

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Rachel Cleetus

November 7, 2022

As COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt Begin, Can We Get Off the ‘Highway to Climate Hell’?

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Black Rock Solar/Flickr CC by 2.0

November 3, 2022

These 5 Communities’ Resilience Helped Them Withstand Danger Season 2022

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Pexels/Mikhail Nilov

October 31, 2022

For Millions of Families, Electricity Disconnects Are a Matter of Life and Death

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

Kyger Creek Plant/PeggyDavis66/Flickr

October 28, 2022

Ohioans Stuck Burning Coal, Burning Cash

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

Olivier Lantzendorffer/iStock.com

October 27, 2022

Latest UN, IEA, WMO Climate Reports Show Global Emissions Dangerously High, Emergency Action Required

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

A worker from PHILERGY, a German-Filipino supplier and installer of solar energy, carries a solar panel during a home installation.

IMF Photo/Flickr

October 19, 2022

Solar Panels Should Be Reused and Recycled. Here’s How.

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

Solar Giga/flickr

October 19, 2022

How Are Solar Panels Made?

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

row of solar panels with mountain backdrop

Jeff/Flickr

October 19, 2022

Mining Raw Materials for Solar Panels: Problems and Solutions

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

House Oversight and Reform Committee

October 12, 2022

Congress Releases New Evidence of Big Oil Climate Disinformation

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

Garry Knight/flickr

October 12, 2022

5 Anti-Climate Practices Elsevier Must Cease: Scientists Call out Publisher’s Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

AdobeStock

October 3, 2022

Progress Continues for US Residential Solar: Reviewing the Latest Numbers

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

American Public Power Association/Unsplash

September 23, 2022

Illinois Utilities Ameren and ComEd Plan for the Grid of the Future

Guillermo Pereira
Former Contributor

Jeremy Bezanger/Unsplash

September 21, 2022

Changes to California’s Resource Adequacy Program Will Have Huge Consequences for the Power Grid

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

stanthonys solar/pixabay

September 19, 2022

Fast-Tracking Pilots the Right Way Can Ensure Michigan’s Clean Energy Transition

Guillermo Pereira
Former Contributor

Mathias Appel/Flickr

September 7, 2022

Failure to Plan Could Create an Energy Crisis

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

An industrial facility in Texas is shown submerged in water after Hurricane Ike

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Flickr

September 2, 2022

New Global Energy Market Risk: War Pushes Overreliance on US LNG in Path of Climate-Amped Hurricanes

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

Western Area Power/Flickr

August 31, 2022

September Is Here. That Means Another Nail-Biter for California’s Grid.

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

Google Earth

August 26, 2022

Can the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Avoid a Major Disaster?

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

Portland General Electric/Flickr

August 17, 2022

Removing Barriers to Energy Storage is Key to a Clean Energy Future

Guillermo Pereira
Former Contributor

Marcia Cassidy Communications

August 15, 2022

Claves de la nueva ley sobre el clima y la energía de Massachusetts y lo que queda por hacer

Paula Garcia
Senior Manager of Energy Justice Research and Policy

DENNIS SCHROEDER/NREL

July 29, 2022

Why is Congress’s Climate Breakthrough Such a Big Deal? Because Without It, We’d Be Irreparably Off Course.

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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