Carbon-Free Electricity
Accelerating the Transition to Clean Electricity Around the World
42%
of global energy GHG emissions
30M
jobs created in renewables by 2030
100%
increase in electricity demand to decarbonize other sectors
We Must
Scale clean energy portfolios
Build clean, competitive, modern grids
Make utilities clean energy champions
RMI Will
Prove that clean energy portfolios are the highest-value resource via analysis and support to global utilities and regulators.
Establish best-practice wholesale market design and empower grid system planners to support high penetrations of renewables.
Develop utility decarbonization pathways, partner on lighthouse examples, and support regulators and advocates to enact bold regulations.
RMI is bringing the benefits of clean energy to all by transforming global power systems to support modern, low-carbon economies.
Market Levers
Business Models
Innovations to flip utilities from foes to champions
Finance
Capital models to support early retirement
Education
Build capacity to empower leaders to act boldly
What We Do
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Building Clean, Competitive Grids
We must invest in large- and small-scale solutions, from transmission lines and utility-scale renewables to efficiency and distributed energy resources.
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Business Models and Regulatory Design
Supporting comprehensive regulatory and business model reform and innovation to flip utilities from foes to champions.
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eLab Accelerator: Financing the Shift to Clean Energy
Build competitive and ambitious clean energy project applications that can unlock billions of dollars of federal resources with the help of our experts
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Managing the Coal Capital Transition
Financing models to support retirement while offering a path toward a clean power sector.
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Research & Analysis
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Report
Powering Through Uncertainty
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Report
The Sherco Clean Repowering: How One Community Turned a Coal Plant into a Hub for a New Clean Economy
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Report
Four Essential Assumptions for Future-Ready Grid Modeling
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Report
Mind the Regulatory Gap
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Article
High Electricity Prices? Utilities Have a Coupon for That
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Brief
Modeling the DOE’s Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Program in Resource Planning
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Brief
Reimagining Utility Climate Risk Planning
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Article
The Affordable Energy Future We All Need Is Closer than Ever
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Article
Quality Metrics Can Help Deliver Community Benefits
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Article
Finding (Re)Purpose: How Planners Can Make Effective Coal Repurposing Decisions
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Article
Utility Planning Update, Q3 2024
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Report
The Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Opportunity: Accelerating the Transition of the Oil and Gas Sector
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Report
Power Shift
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Reality Check
Reality Check: Electricity Load Growth Does Not Have to Undermine Climate Goals
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News
16 Rural Electric Cooperatives Will Leverage $7.3 Billion in Federal Funding to Deliver More Affordable, Reliable Electricity to Their Members
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Article
Waiting in Queue: RMI’s Solutions to the Gridlocked US Power Sector
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Article
Reality Check: Generator-Centric Disaster Response Is Out of Gas
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The Electricity Transmission and Greenhouse Gas Implications of the EPRA Draft Legislation
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Article
How Regulators Can Direct Utilities to Leverage IRA Savings
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Article
On the Climate Bill’s Second Birthday, Surging Successes — But a Split Reality
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Announcement
Kraken, Recurve, Voltus Join RMI’s Virtual Power Plant Partnership
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Article
Paving the Way to an Electrified Transportation Future in Washington State
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Announcement
RMI and FedEx Launch GridUp Tool, Enabling Proactive Grid Investments to Support EV Charging Needs
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Article
Clean Energy 101: How Batteries Can Support Grid Reliability
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Article
Building a Brighter Future by Changing Utility Incentives
