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Smart Cost Allocation: The Secret Ingredient to Affordable Electricity in a New Era of Load Growth
RMI’s Optimus tool can help design cost allocation solutions to support affordability during rapid load growth.
Electricity
Rebalancing “Return on Equity” to Accelerate an Affordable Clean Energy Future
By updating how to determine ROE, regulators can incentivize grid investments that are more affordable for customers, improve grid resilience, and maintain reliability.
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How “Power Couples” Can Help the United States Win the Global AI Race
Building data centers alongside wind, solar, and batteries can fast-track electricity needed for AI — without forcing families and businesses to foot the bill.
Electricity
A Strategic Framework for Utility Cost Control
Sixteen regulatory levers to help regulators, consumer advocates, and other stakeholders support utility cost-efficiency while meeting future energy demands.
Electricity
The State of Utility Planning, 2024 Q4
A review of all integrated resource plans for electric utilities across the United States to evaluate progress toward a zero-carbon energy future.
Electricity
How Uneconomic Coal Plants Hurt our Health — and Drive Up Healthcare Costs
Coal plants running at financial losses are costing US communities billions in health-related expenses.
Electricity
Statement: Utilities Leverage DOE Loans To Build a Resilient Grid and Save Customers Millions
Statement: Utilities Leverage DOE Loans To Build a Resilient Grid and Save Customers Millions Washington, DC, December 17, 2024 – Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced conditional commitments for a loan guarantee for…
Electricity
Powering Through Uncertainty
Regulators in the Western United States must understand the key drivers of resource adequacy risk and the options available to navigate them.
Electricity
The Sherco Clean Repowering: How One Community Turned a Coal Plant into a Hub for a New Clean Economy
Federal incentives, interconnection queue shortcuts, strong engagement and support from the community and local workers, and an involved regulator helped lead the way for to transition a coal community into a clean energy driver.