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Is Texas CREZ a model for getting transmission lines built elsewhere in the country?

September 28, 2010 by Michael Giberson
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Current and anticipated changes in the patterns of electric power production and consumption drive the demand for new transmission lines to help get lower-cost power from generators to consumers. The biggest changes in power production have come from growth in renewable power supplies, so the expansion of transmission is seen as critical... [read more]

Community solar heating up as inclusive way to deploy PV

March 16, 2010 by Tyler Hamilton
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Kate Galbraith over at the NYT’s Green Inc. has an interesting post about community solar and how it’s beginning to take hold in certain U.S. communities, including St. George, Utah, Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Sacramento, California, where the local utility there runs a program called “Solar Shares” that allows people to buy into PV... [read more]

Loving Gadgets and Saving Electricity: Energy Circle in the NY Times’ Plug Load Story

September 22, 2009 by Peter Troast
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Our public real-time monitoring captured the attention of the New York Times. More importantly, it works. Our on-going energy monitoring and reduction efforts received a terrific bit of validation this weekend, as we were featured in a front page New York Times article, Plugged-In Age Feeds a Hunger For Electricity. The piece covers a... [read more]

California to require 30% in renewables by 2020

September 17, 2009 by ToddWallace
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California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order requiring that 30% of the state’s power needs be generated by renewable energy by 2020. The executive order explicitly states that renewable energy from “resources and facilities located throughout the Western Interconnection” is welcome. The Western... [read more]