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July 17, 2024

Public Concern for a Cleaner Energy Grid vs. Corporate Interests: Who Will Win?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

January 4, 2024

After The Lights Go Out, Then What?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Four men work together on the construction of a transmission tower, part of the Bonneville Power Administration in the US Pacific Northwest.

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July 17, 2023

States Can Plan Ahead for Clean Energy

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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April 13, 2023

Ask a Scientist: The Electric Car and Power Grid’s Shared Future

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

Cholla powerplant in Arizona.

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March 23, 2023

Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

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June 24, 2022

What Firefighters Can Teach Us about Preparing the Grid for Extreme Weather

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

A person in the foreground carries a sign reading "Solar Power to the People" at a demonstration on the Pacific Coast highway during People's Climate March protest for the environment in the Wilmington neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. The march, which specifically protested the expansion of a Tesoro refinery, was held in a heavily industrialized neighborhood and was led by environmental leaders from indigenous and minority communities.

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June 13, 2022

Do We Really Need New Technology to Fight Climate Change?

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

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August 26, 2019

The $2.5 Billion Question Waiting at FERC

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 28, 2019

Energy Collision Coming: Technology Evolved, Why Haven’t Utilities?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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March 11, 2019

Getting to 100% Clean Energy—and the Grid Operators that Stand in the Way

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

October 12, 2018

Bringing Energy Storage to Energy Markets

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

July 27, 2018

Energy Storage Should Be an Urgent National Priority

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

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January 26, 2018

Infrastructure in the Trump Congress: We Must Build for the Future, Not the Past

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor