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August 2020: Economic and Clean Energy Benefits of a Regional Southeast Electricity Market
June 2020: Rewiring the U.S. for Economic Recovery
April 2020: COVID Shows Need For Clean Air And Cheap Energy. Utilities Can Get Both Via “All-Source Procurement.”
March 2020: Natural Gas: A Bridge to Climate Breakdown and Utility Value Destruction
February 2020: Leading states have designed new ways to help utilities fight climate change
January 2020: How Utility Monopsony Regulation Drove Colorado’s Shockingly Cheap Wind and Solar Bids
July 2019: Wholesale Electricity Market Design for Rapid Decarbonization: Visions for the Future
March 2019 (2): We’ve reached a coal cost crossover with renewable energy – now what?
March 2019 (1): Making the most of DER: international insights for regulating transformation in distribution networks
January 2019: Energy Storage: Still Waiting for Markets to Catch Up
December 2018: New tools to manage financial transition from uneconomic coal to cheap, clean power
November 2018: Investment-grade policy: de-risking renewable energy projects
October 2018: How dumb distribution spending is crowding out the smart clean energy future
September 2018: Three opportunities for regulators to encourage beneficial electrification
August 2018: Proactive support for coal and nuclear plant communities
July 2018: How innovation leaders are fixing the utility information problem
May 2018: ERCOT’s summer peak demand forecast: new investment, generator profits, no blackouts
April 2018: The power market fix we’ve been waiting for…
March 2018: Laying the foundation to update utility regulation
February 2018: America’s offshore wind boom is finally here: Which state will win the race to the top?
January 2018: Time to refine how we talk about wholesale markets
December 2017: A year-end update on electricity policy from the field
November 2017: Resilience in a clean energy future
October 2017: Ways to improve wholesale power markets now and in the future
September 2017: Emerging lessons on performance-based regulation from the United Kingdom
August 2017: Getting the most out of vehicle electrification
July 2017: Energy efficiency’s existential crisis is an opportunity too
June 2017: Mind the “storage” gap: how much flexibility do we need in a high renewables future?
May 2017: Secretary Perry, we have some questions too
April 2017: How a cold March day in Texas exposed the value of flexibility – and what markets can learn
March 2017: Getting the Most out of Grid Modernization
February 2017: A Survivor’s Guide to the Debate over Existing Nuclear Plants
January 2017: Wind and solar are our cheapest electricity generation sources – now what do we do?
December 2016: Was 2016 the year of wholesale market reform?
November 2016: How utilities can become efficiency innovators
October 2016: Four reasons 30 percent wind and solar is technically no big deal
September 2016: Canadian Hydro – a lifeline for Northeastern clean energy goals?
August 2016: Financing Colorado’s Clean Energy Transition
July 2016: Alternatives to conventional utility compensation can unlock untapped value
June 2016: Poll shows widespread support for clean energy
May 2016: Texas Regulators Save Customers Billions
April 2016: Utilities in the Information Age – Moving from Construction to Optimization
March 2016: The transmission grid is getting ready, but will DERs come to the party?
February 2016: New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision shows how to manage change: context, commitment, collaboration, and consultation
January 2016: Four Reasons Why 2016 is the Year of the Wholesale Power Market
December 2015: After Paris: The State of America’s Electricity Sector Emissions
November 2015: Performance Management Ideas for Public Power
October 2015: The Future of Demand Response
September 2015: A Tale of Two Regions
August 2015: How Utilities Can Deliver Value for Customers and Society
July 2015: Electricity Grid Integration in the West
June 2015: Should Utilities Own Distributed Storage?
May 2015: Are Policymakers Driving Blind with Yesterday’s Cost Numbers?
April 2015: Do Pay-for-Performance Capacity Markets Deliver the Outcomes We Need?
March 2015: What can we learn from evolving renewable contracts and grid operations?
February 2015: Efficiency: Can we accept less stringent oversight if it means better outcomes?
January 2015: Living on the Edge – Getting Ready for Distributed Energy Resources
December 2014: Will EPA’s Clean Power Plan Really Break the Grid?
November 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 13
October 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 12
September 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 11
August 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 10
July 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 9
June 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 8
May 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 7
April 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 6
March 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 5
February 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 4
January 2014: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 3
December 2013: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 2
November 2013: America’s Power Plan Newsletter Volume 1