January 7th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Chalk it up to years of corporate disconnection from reality, but Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is reportedly now facing bankruptcy after being suspected a culprit of the last devastating Californian wildfires
December 4th, 2017 | by John Farrell
Utility companies are undercutting state regulation with their legislative lobbyists. And utilities are also bringing their monopoly market power to bear in previously competitive markets. We’ll detail examples of each of these three disturbing trends, and ways to fight back
August 3rd, 2017 | by John Farrell
Circumventing a decades-old pact providing a market monopoly in exchange for public oversight, an investor-owned utility has proposed legislation to allow it to build a new natural gas plant criticized for its financial and environmental impact, and then stick customers with the tab.
August 22nd, 2016 | by Sandy Dechert
Think of big businesses that lobby to restrict US work on climate change. ExxonMobil and its hard-line petroleum allies probably come [&hellip
March 24th, 2016 | by Sandy Dechert
In the upcoming US election, independent voters in the key swing states—the most influential of influential voting sectors—will be more [&hellip
February 4th, 2015 | by John Farrell
Originally published on ilsr.org. With the rich history of cost overruns in the nuclear industry, Xcel Energy and Minnesota regulators [&hellip
December 11th, 2014 | by John Farrell
Originally published on ilsr.org. In August 2013, Minneapolis (MN) was in the news for considering a take-over of its energy [&hellip
December 5th, 2014 | by Elemental Excelerator
This article is Part 1 of a two-part series discussing what the NextEra Energy & Hawaiin Electric merger means for the [&hellip
October 27th, 2014 | by John Farrell
The Northern Mariana Islands are one of several island U.S. territories, lying three-quarters of the way from Hawai’i to the [&hellip
October 20th, 2014 | by John Farrell
Solar power is at a unique place in history. It’s growing rapidly, its price is falling precipitously. Within the next [&hellip
October 14th, 2014 | by John Farrell
Ever wonder what happened to the notion last August that the city of Minneapolis (MN) would take over its energy [&hellip
October 8th, 2014 | by John Farrell
Starting this May, 20,000 Sonoma County, CA, electricity customers are getting renewable power at a lower cost than from their [&hellip
September 8th, 2014 | by John Farrell
“Utility regulation and rates is a contact sport,” says Karl Rabago, and that makes the implementation of a new “value [&hellip
September 2nd, 2014 | by John Farrell
Many cities served by private utilities think they have little capacity to encourage local renewable energy development. But a largely [&hellip
August 25th, 2014 | by John Farrell
It’s one thing to own your utility and have a commitment to renewable energy, but it’s another thing to deliver. [&hellip
July 21st, 2014 | by John Farrell
The rapid changes to the electricity system being wrought by distributed solar have utilities crying out. But are they crying wolf over the "duck" chart
July 18th, 2014 | by Roy L Hales
Originally Published on the ECOreport Germany’s renewable sector (RE) is flexing its muscles, with solar production up 28% and wind [&hellip
July 10th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
The Energy and Policy Institute recently gave renewable energy advocates some valuable election tips in a “follow the money” state-by-state [&hellip
July 7th, 2014 | by John Farrell
“We have a perfect storm for renewables,” says Jan TenBruggencate, second-term board member of the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative. The [&hellip
June 26th, 2014 | by John Farrell
Adapt or Die read the title of the article suggesting that electric utilities must change their business to survive, or [&hellip
June 16th, 2014 | by John Farrell
How can a community take control of its energy future from a 100-year monopoly electric utility? Citizens of Boulder, CO, [&hellip
June 2nd, 2014 | by John Farrell
Laboring to keep more of its energy dollars at home, community members in Boulder, CO, decided that they needed some [&hellip
May 27th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
America’s #1 full-service solar provider and a national pioneer in solar panel leasing and zero-down financing, SolarCity, has expanded to [&hellip
