Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Energy storage, or the storing of electricity for later use on the power grid, plays an important role in the clean energy transition. Illinois is currently considering policy proposals to establish a statewide energy storage target. Curtailment means we are wasting otherwise clean, perfectly usable electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Another in-person event took place in Western Pennsylvania, where supporters rallied in support of community-centered clean energy at the Homestead Steel Mill Stacks. As one of the priorities in Gov. The legislation is to be introduced in the coming days by Rep. Peter Schweyer. Kate Harper (R) and Fmr Cong.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This experience, not far from Seattle and with ties to the information tech industry, highlights some of the issues surrounding the electric power needs of data centers. He was obviously oblivious to the fact that old-style electric heat (i.e. He assured me he hadnt: it doesnt require electricity!

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2025

And how can we provide job opportunities for the tremendously skilled workers in traditional energy domains while also training the workers we need to accelerate emerging technologies? In fact, pursuing more climate-forward energy policies can be an opportunity to do right by our neighbors working in Pennsylvanias oil and gas fields.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

Attacks on nature, clean energy, and livable communities filled the headlines. But what about for 2025? Lets take a look at some key issues and explore how we can work together to create a better 2025. Lets take a look at some key issues and explore how we can work together to create a better 2025.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Bidirectional EVs Could Be the New Standard Electric vehicles (EVs) should be a clean transportation and a clean energy solution. This could let drivers use these batteries to power critical appliances during emergencies, their homes during power shutoffs, or even the grid when electricity demand is high.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a major—forthcoming—refresh for one of the biggest policy drivers of the nation’s clean energy transition to date: tax credits subsidizing the deployment of clean electricity resources. What’s “clean,” and how is it measured?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

DeFrank to convene a public hearing exploring the growing impact of large-scale electric customers including data centers and other high-energy users on the states electric grid. This is a critical moment for Pennsylvanias energy future. M-2025-3054180. Click Here for the PUC announcement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Without power grid modeling tools, the transition to clean electricity would be an absolute mess. Luckily, we don’t have to resort to guesswork because we have sophisticated grid modeling tools that help guide the transition to clean electricity. Surely that would not end well.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 13, 2024

As electric vehicle charging stations sprout like mushrooms along our roads and clusters of new wind turbines come online, these two clean energy solutions to the climate crisis are becoming more commonplace. But beyond more electric cars and solar panels, what can everyday people do?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 25, 2022

Today, the regional entity overseeing much of the electric power grid in the Midwest—the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)—approved a set of major new transmission system upgrades that will bring billions of dollars in benefits to the region while better enabling states and utilities to pursue transitions to clean energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The state plans to reduce heat trapping emissions 28 percent by 2025 and 52 percent by 2030 below 2005 levels, and to become carbon neutral by 2050. For instance, pilots can help utilities learn how to effectively integrate distributed energy storage, including batteries installed in ratepayers’ homes, which will be key to reducing emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

At the Pennsylvania Energy Summit on April 22, industry leaders and policymakers will tackle key challenges, policy shifts, and the clean energy transition shaping the states future. Shapiros Lightning Plan is driving clean energy expansion, grid resilience, and economic growth.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

The carport produces enough energy to offset two-thirds of their annual energy usage. The carport system also powers free electric vehicle charging stations available for market customers. Electricity production is not my main job, we sell groceries, said Russ Burkholder, owner of Burkholders Country Market.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Unfortunately, the Minnesota Legislature failed to act on climate and clean energy investments this session, leaving progress toward a more affordable, equitable, healthy Minnesota on the table. Most Minnesotans are familiar with their local electricity utility, since that’s who bills them for electricity they provide.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Dow says it will reduce CO2 releases by 2 million metric tons a year while growing its earnings by an estimated $2 billion by 2025. Now, more than 25% of its purchased electricity comes from clean energy. To reach its goal, access to renewables grew by 900 megawatts.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

PEAs Solarize Greater Philadelphia program is partnering with the PA Solar Centers GET Solar initiative to offer trusted, unbiased technical assistance and financial guidance to large consumers of energy considering flipping the switch to solar. Their solar system covers an estimated 78% of their monthly electricity requirement.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

Based on numerous sources, Governor Baker has now signed an Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind. This bill includes a number of key advancements for increased adoption of zero emission vehicles and clean transportation throughout the Commonwealth. The Department shall approve the rebates not later than June 30, 2023; and.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

to hear why your electricity bill is so high and why it is expected to surge even higher to the tune of billions of dollars paid by everyday Pennsylvanians and their families. Learn more about who's in charge of your electricity and how we can work to make it more affordable. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2024

On July 30, the PJM Interconnection announced the results of its 2025/26 capacity auction, which revealed that costs will be roughly seven times greater than in 2024/25. billion, which could increase retail power bills by as much as 29% starting mid-2025. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

But smarter approaches, if carefully applied, could help to reverse costly reliance on gas, and accelerate the clean energy transition in PJM, and nationwide. Department of Energy estimated that unrestricted exports of LNG will increase wholesale domestic gas prices by over 30% by 2050. of the proposed generation in the queue.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Ukraine will strengthen its energy grid with renewables The construction of the expansion of the wind project, which, once completed, is expected to deliver clean electricity to around 900,000 households, is set to commence almost immediately as it is slated for Q1 in 2025.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The United States supports Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) partners in meeting their clean energy goals. By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. © Zul Kifli / AFP / Getty Images.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management will host a free March 19 webina r on PJM Interconnections role as the Mid-Atlantic regional electric transmission organization in meeting increasing electric demand and ensuring reliable service while the amount of available generation capacity continues to tighten.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center Next year, the electricity bills for twenty percent of Americans will start reflecting the high cost of failing to transition to clean energy. Massive amounts of clean energy generation and storage projects are backlogged in PJM.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

Community Advocates for Clean Energy will host an April 1 webinar starting at 7:00 p.m. The Green Schools Campaign is developing the leadership and grassroots organizing of young people to spearhead initiatives to transition their schools and communities to 100% clean energy.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2025

Left unaddressed, PJMs next capacity auction scheduled for July 2025 would have resulted in billions in unnecessary energy costs for 65 million people across the region. PJM operates a capacity market, which means that operators are paid to commit to providing energy in the future. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is chock-full of tax incentives for climate and clean energy projects. But these kinds of new players in the clean energy space face significant barriers as they pursue credit amounts beyond the base ITC credits, and some of these barriers are written right into the IRA itself.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. As a result, between 2005 and 2017 greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s electricity system dropped by 93 per cent.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2025

The DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on April 22 and on the agenda are presentations on resilient microgrids, abandoned oil and gas well plugging and updates on federal clean energy and climate program funding.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

That includes 25 sponsorship deals with Big Oil companies as well as 36 deals with lesser-known utility companies that generate electricity predominantly from fossil fuel-burning power plants and sell fossil gas directly to consumers. it will be interesting to see if the 2025-2026 season brings any fewer Big Oil sponsorships.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

At any point in the summer, extreme heat could trigger electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages. In reality, a big heat wave could lead to electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages during any summer month, but September is when it’s most likely. How well has California’s grid been performing this summer?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

As electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to increase, questions about how these cars and their batteries will be disposed of have been top of mind for current owners, future buyers, policymakers, and many experts in the automotive industry. Recycling is key to making EVs greener.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

To improve the lives of all Chicagoans, the plan prioritizes environmental justice, household savings, public health, and clean energy. Energy burden , a household’s heating and electric expenses as a percentage of income, is a major issue for Illinois low-income families, who on average spend 13 percent of their income on energy.

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Global Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Yet, women comprise a fraction of corporate leaders and investment, which does not make good business sense, said Joan Michelson, host of Electric Ladies Podcast and co-executive producer and emcee of The Earth Day Womens Summit. About Electric Ladies Podcast Electric Ladies Podcast is one of the top 2.5%

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2024

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

NextEra Energy. 67% cut from 2005 by 2025. American Electric Power. Xcel Energy. Net zero by 2050, 50% cut by 2030, and 100% clean energy by 2040. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Carbon Reduction Goal : Reduce CO2 emissions rate by 67% by 2025 from an adjusted 2005 baseline. 2) Duke Energy.

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