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Wind turbines in central Texas

Texas Freezes, the Grid Cracks, and We Pick Up the Pieces

Emily Richardson
March 02, 2021
  • Topics:
  • Climate Resilience
  • Fossil Fuels
When you fiddle with spreadsheet cells or engineering models all day in pursuit of clean energy, the sound of stasis can clang in your ears. So after local and national politicians blamed wind turbines for a power outage that interrupted water supplies and left people freezing for days across the...
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Texas Customers Could Save $5.47 Billion With DERs, But Regulations Must Change

December 02, 2019
Source: Microgrid Knowledge
A study by Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance identified two ways distributed energy resources can reduce costs: act as non-wires alternatives to avoid investment in tranmission and distribution ($2.45 billion over ten years), and decrease peak energy costs in the wholesale market which is worth $3.01 billion.
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Report: Kansas Utilities Run Coal Plants Year-Round Even Though It Costs Ratepayers Millions

August 01, 2019
Source: KCUR
"The way Westar Energy runs its coal plants in Kansas unnecessarily costs consumers millions of dollars a year through an obscure, if common, practice known as self-committing generation."
Headshot of Debbie Dooley

Debbie Dooley on the Conservative Case for Clean Energy

Chris Lewis
May 15, 2019
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Georgia’s Debbie Dooley is a founding member of the Tea Party movement, as well as an advocate for renewable energy and president of Conservatives for Energy Freedom. In an interview with CEFF, Dooley discussed where alternative energy can fit into a conservative political philosophy, how to build bipartisan support for...
Green community in Germany

US Developers Still See a Future for Renewable Energy PPAs

Carlos Ibarra
February 12, 2019
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Developers in the United States believe that there is still room to maintain an adequate level of return for their power-purchase agreements (PPAs). Electricity prices in recent years have plummeted both for PPAs and in the wholesale market. Even so, developers believe that they can benefit from the expected decrease...
Colorado forest

New Governors Seek the Next Clean Energy Frontier

Corey Cantor
January 29, 2019
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Across the nation, new elected officials have been sworn in this January. They can alter the trajectory of clean energy projects in the years to come. Incoming governors may preside over expanding clean energy markets.
Sharan Burrow at the Investor Summit on Climate Risk

Unions Partner with Entrepreneurs for a Just Energy Transition

Jordan Cozby
January 14, 2019
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“There are no jobs on a dead planet,” said Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. Burrow is vice-chair of The B Team, a coalition of business and civil society leaders that was founded by Richard Branson and Jochen Zeitz. In an attempt to address the dual...
A microgrid connecting to the office of a champion decision maker

The Role of Community Microgrid Champions

Sara Harari, Nate Grady
December 18, 2018
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Community microgrids can be initiated by a wide range of individuals or organizations. They include mayors and utilities. They also may include “anchor” off-takers like hospital management, development companies, or community organizations. But to succeed, they require that at least one person really take the lead and energize the project.

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