The epicenter of coal country belatedly begins to acknowledge the realities of renewables.
electric utilities
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Vineyard Wind Blows In
America’s first major offshore wind project is a triumph for clean energy and a stark reminder that the U.S. is way behind in combating the climate crisis.
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Cleaning Up Electricity
A federal energy efficiency and clean electricity standard is doable, but getting one through Congress won’t be easy.
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The Quiet Winner of the Texas Energy Crisis
Macquarie, an Australian investment bank, is poised to profit heavily off Texas’s briefly surging energy prices during the snowstorm. The Biden infrastructure program could be its next conquest.
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Freezing Texans: The Larger Lessons
The culprit is deregulation—not just in Texas and not just in electricity.
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Frozen: Natural Disaster, Energy Choices, and Inhuman Responses in Texas
The Lone Star State is in free fall, pointing fingers everywhere else.
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When Going Green Collides With the Free Market
Texas’s chaotic, deregulated energy market was key to Georgetown’s claim to be the nation’s renewable-energy leader. It’s also the reason their project backfired.
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JPMorgan Concedes It’s Trying to Buy an Electric Utility
The bank had denied for months that it was behind the sale of El Paso Electric.
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Ridiculous D.C. Invite of the Week: Leadership Lessons from PG&E’s Former CEO
Geisha Williams will speak at the Bob and Elizabeth Dole Leadership Series.