As the nation’s reliance on natural gas as a fuel for electricity generation has grown, so have reliability challenges.
Will Latest Solar Trade Dispute Impact U.S. Solar Growth?
Canary Media senior editor Eric Wesoff explains the latest in a history of solar PV trade disputes involving the U.S. and China, and what it could mean for the growth of solar power and domestic solar manufacturing.
California’s Solar Equity Challenge
Severin Borenstein, faculty director of the Energy Institute at the Haas Business School at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses California’s struggle to balance residential solar growth with electricity rate equity.
Can Competitive Electricity Markets Deliver Reliable Power?
An expert in electricity markets explains why market price signals alone will struggle to incentivize adequate investment in the flexible electricity resources needed for future grid reliability.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Rising Prospects for a U.S. Carbon Border Fee
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discusses the prospects for bipartisan U.S. carbon border fee legislation, and the need to protect the Biden Administration’s clean energy and climate achievements.
Will Hydrogen Energy Be Clean Energy?
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is finalizing rules that will determine which new clean hydrogen projects will receive the IRA’s generous 45V tax incentives, and whether those projects will deliver promised climate benefits.
Accelerating the Energy Transition with Repurposed Energy
Local opposition to clean energy development slows the transition to clean energy. A legal expert explores how a national policy of “repurposed energy” could speed development.
The CO2 Transportation Challenge
A national network of CO2 and biomass transportation infrastructure, spanning pipelines to rail routes, will be needed to support the permanent removal of atmospheric CO2. Can the network be economically built?
AI’s Big Future in Energy and Climate Regulation
Cary Coglianese, director of the Penn Program on Regulation, explores AI’s potential to help regulators keep pace with energy sector growth and climate-tech innovation.
FERC Transmission Reform: A New Year’s Resolution?
Ari Peskoe, director of Harvard Law School’s Electricity Law Initiative, discusses FERC’s pending reforms to the electric transmission development process in the U.S., and the legal challenges they'll likely face.