clean energy

August 28, 2019

Up Close with California’s Power Grid Operator

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Photo: Pictures of Money/Flickr

August 26, 2019

The $2.5 Billion Question Waiting at FERC

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Photo: Ma. William Carraway/Wikimedia Commons

August 1, 2019

An Absence of Energy Leadership in a Climate Crisis

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

July 22, 2019

UCS Extreme Heat Report: A Call to Action on Midwest Clean Energy

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Photo: Leaflet/Wikimedia Commons

June 26, 2019

Congress Must Lead with National Energy Standards to Save the Climate

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

Photo: Omari Spears/UCS

June 26, 2019

50% by 2035 National Renewable Electricity Standard Would Boost Economy and Cut Carbon Emissions

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

Public Domain

June 25, 2019

Renewable Energy Curtailment 101: The Problem That’s Actually Not a Problem At All

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Photo: Paula Garcia

June 20, 2019

Offshore Wind in the US: Scale, Jobs and Innovation

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

Photo: Famartin/Wikimedia Commons

May 28, 2019

Energy Collision Coming: Technology Evolved, Why Haven’t Utilities?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Photo: Elena Koycheva/Unsplash

May 23, 2019

The Basics of Integrated Resource Planning in California

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Photo by Zbynek Burival on Unsplash

May 20, 2019

Xcel Energy’s Plan to Eliminate Coal and Boost Solar in Minnesota

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Photo: John Rogers

May 14, 2019

Three Ways Federal Infrastructure Policy Can Speed Up Our Clean Energy Transition

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

Photo: AWEA

May 10, 2019

How Big is Gridlock in our Electric Grid?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

President Donald Trump visits the American Cemetery of Suresnes, outside Paris, as part of Veterans Day and the commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I, Nov. 11, 2018. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

May 1, 2019

Moving Ahead on Minnesota Clean Energy Legislation

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Wikimedia Commons

April 24, 2019

Self-Scheduling: How Inflexible Coal is Breaking Energy Markets

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

Photo: Greensboro Transit Authority

April 11, 2019

Electric Utilities Can Accelerate Electric Truck and Bus Deployment

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Photo: US Air Force

March 21, 2019

Illinois’ Energy Future: Less Coal, More Renewables

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Photo: Vine House Farm/Public domain (Flickr)

March 11, 2019

Getting to 100% Clean Energy—and the Grid Operators that Stand in the Way

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

En la conferencia ANDREC con líderes de la industria de energía renovable en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

March 8, 2019

3 Key Facts on the Participation of Women in Renewable Energy

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

Photo: Juliwatson /Pixabay

March 6, 2019

100% Clean Electricity in Washington State: Everything You Need To Know

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Public Domain

February 27, 2019

From Minnesota to Louisiana, Renewables are Poised for Dramatic Growth, but…

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

Photo: Tim Mossholder/Unsplash

February 25, 2019

Natural Gas Power Plant Retirements in California

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Bureau of Land Management

February 22, 2019

SB 489 is the Clean Energy Catalyst New Mexico Needs

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

Photo: Tony Webster/Flickr

February 11, 2019

Minnesota Bill HF700 Considers Bold Carbon-Free Energy Target

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor