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Explainer: How Do Public Policies Reinforce Building Electrification Financing (Part Two)?

Tyler Clevenger
March 31, 2022
  • Topics:
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Each building owner, with a team of investors, needs to work out a particular electrification schedule. Broad public policies, though, can advance new technologies or marketing strategies that can help more buildings go electric sooner. This sequel to our earlier explainer sets out some scalable policies from across the United...
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That's "Invest," Not Spend: What's Good Capital for General Motors Can Be Good For the Carbon Budget

January 28, 2022
Source: The New York Times
On January 25, the New York Times dug into plans by General Motors, Toyota and Ford to build and operate factories for electric vehicles and their batteries in the United States' manufacturing corridor.
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Don't Wait for a Flooded Day to Cool the Roof: Commercial Real Estate Grows Up

June 11, 2021
Source: The Washington Post
This June 8 article, riffing off an architectural association's awards, shows how green engineering can lower a building's energy cost and improve its returns.
An electron electoral map

This map, courtesy of marketer Solstice and adapted by Kevin Cellucci, shows how far community solar can grow.

Community Solar's Bend Toward Energy Justice, Episode Two: Utilities Push Back

Kevin Cellucci
May 18, 2021
  • Topics:
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  • Distributed Energy Resources
Community solar developers have a compelling idea for how to extend renewable energy to people who can't install panels on their rooftops. They also face a series of questions. These include: how to coexist with utilities, and how to tie in to utilities' grids, and how to buy land, and...
The community-solar business model

This image from a community-solar vendor documents how individuals who normally can't access the solar market can build a revenue stream. 

How Strongly Can Community Solar Bend the Energy Market Toward Justice?

Kevin Cellucci
April 26, 2021
  • Topics:
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  • Community solar
Community solar can provide more energy to more people - especially people currently shut out of the market for residential rooftop panels. Energy developers and marketplace makers have taken note of the potential for community solar programs to drive revenue- and the White House's promise to steer energy infrastructure toward...
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Buried Sunlight? A Farm Manager in Ohio Argues for Community-Solar Reform

April 23, 2021
Source: Cleveland.com
This April 21 op-ed from the Cleveland Plain-Dealer lays out the case for selling solar power from farms in Ohio.
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E-legy? A Farm Manager in Ohio Argues for Community-Solar Reform

April 23, 2021
Source: Cleveland.com
This April 21 op-ed from the Cleveland Plain-Dealer lays out the case for selling solar power from farms in Ohio.
How SunZia closes in on California

Drawing a line in the sand, SunZia worked for 14 years on its transmission progress. 

A Seriously Long-Term Investment: Inside SunZia's Transmission Adventure

Charlie Markowitz
December 08, 2020
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When planning to decarbonize the grid, many analysts see transmission lines as analogous to "political will." It's necessary and it's rarely possible to summon it from scratch. In the Southwest, though, a private enterprise has pushed forward on work to deliver renewable power from a windy swath of New Mexico...
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A Bigger Footprint Across the Southwest

October 23, 2020
Source: Charlotte Observer
The parent company of renewable generator Avangrid has offered to buy PNM Resources, broadening its footprint from Texas to New Mexico. (Note: One of CBEY's team members has provided consulting services to Avangrid.)
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Ohio Supreme Court Dismisses Power Plant Lawsuit

December 18, 2019
Source: Toledo Blade
The Ohio Supreme Court threw out FirstEnergy Solutions’ lawsuit arguing that the recently enacted law bailing out its two nuclear power plants on Lake Erie cannot be subjected to voter referendum.

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