Utilities across the United States spent an estimated $320 billion on electricity in 2023, a 12 percent increase from $287 billion in 2003 (in real 2023 dollars), according to data compiled by the U.S. [...]
This multi-day course will describe how conducting a distributional equity analysis (DEA) can be used in conjunction with benefit-cost analyses (BCA) of DERs to provide a broader decision framework that considers key metrics – such as rate and bill impacts, participation, health and safety – and their impacts on underserved (e.g., low income) customers relative to all other customers.
The DCPSC Clean Energy Summit educates and promotes collaboration among utility customers, utility companies, policymakers, and other groups. It is a unique opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of stakeholders working together toward a common objective.
Every state (and Guam) has a governmental board regulating the public and private companies that distribute essential utility services: the Public Utility Commission (PUC) or the Public Service Commission (PSC). These bodies act as [...]
Attendees will hear about multiple methods for setting GHG goals within energy efficiency programs, the various methods utilities can use to translate energy savings into GHG reductions, and what motivations, policies, targets, and equity considerations go into such a transition.
In this webinar, utility decarbonization experts from RMI, National Grid, and PG&E discuss the research findings from a recent RMI-National Grid joint report on the role of non-pipeline alternatives (NPAs) and integrated energy planning in shaping the energy transition.
As of the 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, about four million homes have solar generation capacity, amounting to about three percent of residential buildings in the country. The distribution of these homes is dependent [...]
Join Canary Media and expert guests for a live online discussion on the challenge posed by fast-rising electricity demand and what utilities should be doing about it.
Across the country, states have been enacting legislation requiring gas and electric utilities to decarbonize their systems. Often, these bills complement statewide initiatives to reduce either total greenhouse gas emissions or specifically buildings-related emissions. [...]
How do heat pumps affect the cost of utility bills, panel upgrades, and greenhouse gas emissions -- and do the benefits outweigh the costs?
