Utilities

Realigning Utility Incentives for Today’s Priorities

RMI’s new PIMs database helps you find regulatory tools to meet the demands of a 21st-century grid. Utilities, regulators, and advocates alike are grappling with the evolving needs of a 21st-century grid: renewables face prolonged delays in coming online, jeopardizing state, community and corporate climate goals and escalating costs. The increasing frequency … [continued]

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How to Fix What Xcel Got Wrong on Clean Heat

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission should approve a Clean Heat Plan that delivers more emissions reductions at a lower cost Landmark Clean Heat legislation from 2021 requires Colorado’s gas utilities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from gas burned inside their customers’ homes and buildings by 4 percent by 2025 and 22 … [continued]

U.S. DOE: $70 Million To Strengthen Energy Sector Against Physical & Cyber Hazards

All-Hazards Energy Resilience Funding Opportunity Will Support Research Projects to Help Make the Nation’s Energy Systems More Secure, Resilient, and Reliable, Bolstering America’s Ability to Quickly Recover from Energy Disruptions WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $70 million in funding to support research into … [continued]

The Macho Springs wind and solar farm near Nutt, New Mexico. Photo by Jennifer Sensiba.

Mapping Clean Energy in the US West

Colorado and New Mexico can take advantage of Energy Community tax credits to build renewable energy and jumpstart an equitable workforce transition. Tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act make clean energy projects more feasible than ever.