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Energy Equity: How Can Power Utilities Get It Right? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Like many other public-serving institutions throughout society, electricity and gas utilities are facing calls to be more equitable in their operations, planning, and treatment of customers. In 2019 and 2020, I served as a member of a committee involved in the implementation of California’s Assembly Bill 617.

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What’s New About Income-Graduated Fixed Charges?

Legal Planet

Rate design has been a site of experimentation and contestation since the earliest days of electricity provisioning. In the earliest days of electricity provisioning, fixed charges were common in residential rates due to the limits of metering technology. Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design.

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Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid 

Union of Concerned Scientists

While it is a heavily polluting fossil fuel that is set to continue declining as a fuel source for US electricity generation over the next decade, coal still accounted for roughly 20 percent of the country’s generation in 2022. Fuel transport – Spring floods can hinder the transportation of fuels like coal.

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DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report

PA Environment Daily

As of 2020, the three largest sources of emissions in Pennsylvania are: -- Electricity Generation (29% of gross emissions) -- Transportation Fuel Consumption (22% of gross emissions) -- Industrial Emissions (19% of gross emissions) Emissions from electricity generation decreased 10.4% from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4%

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Analysis: IEA warns that the world is struggling to wean itself off coal

A Greener Life

Ironically, Germany also imports nuclear-produced electricity from France. In 2024, the demand for coal reached new heights due to the worlds increasing appetite for more electricity capacity. China diversified its electricity sector in 2024 in line with the countrys long-term trajectory of adding more renewables and nuclear.

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Survey Shows Pathway To Speeding Up EV Adoption in Rural Areas

Union of Concerned Scientists

Regardless of where we live, we should all have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits provided by electric vehicles. These benefits range from the reduced cost of operation , the reduced need for maintenance and the improved performance, to the fact that electric vehicles have no tailpipe emissions.

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Superconductivity appears in novel hydride phases

Physics World

Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without any resistance. Many materials display superconductivity when they are cooled to low temperatures, and the phenomenon was first observed in 1911 in solid mercury, which has a superconducting transition temperature T c of 4.2 Step closer to holy grail.

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