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Solar is a threat to utilities' business model, but it could also work to their advantage.

A Herriman apartment complex features a unique amenity: its own power plant (Lindsay DAddato | The New York Times) Soleil Lofts, a solar-powered apartment complex in Herriman, Feb. 21, 2021. The solar energy collected at Soleil Lofts is stored in batteries that can be tapped by Rocky Mountain Power, the local utility. By Patrick Sisson | The New York Times   | March 3, 2021, 4:38 p.m. | Updated: 4:42 p.m. Soleil Lofts, an apartment development in Herriman, offers a lot of amenities — pool...

The state simultaneously has the highest-emissions grid in the country and leads the nation in wind power

Texas halved its use of coal in the last decade. But the power crisis that seized the state last week could alter plans for future closures.

POLITICO Texas and California built different power grids, but neither stood up to climate change The winter storm that crippled Texas this week and heat wave the hit California last summer show much more needs to be done to protect power supplies from extreme weather. An Oncor Electric Delivery crew works on restoring power to a neighborhood following the winter storm that passed through Texas. | Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP Link Copied Texas and California may be worlds apart in their p...

Hart Van Denburg/CPR News A crew at work repairing power lines south of Grand Lake on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, that were damaged by the East Troublesome fire. On a summer evening in 2018, a set of tracer rounds from a shooting range ignited a fire near Basalt, Colo. Dry weather let the blaze grow into the Lake Christine Fire, which would burn more than 12,000 acres and destroy about half a dozen homes.  It also burned three of four transmission lines running into Aspen. If the fourth had gone d...

Why Kerrys claim on solar and wind jobs misses the mark Print this article John Kerry’s contention that coal miners can easily shift to building solar panels undersells the challenge the Biden administration faces with its plan to accelerate a transition away from fossil fuels. "The same people can do those jobs, but the choice of doing the solar power one now is a better choice," Kerry said last week. "What President Biden wants to do is make sure those folks have better choices, that they ...

Rocky Mountain Institute Releases Report on the Economic Development Benefits Rural America Is Reaping from the Growth of Renewables Share Article RMI’s latest report reveals how rural communities can strengthen and diversify their local economies by actively engaging in the ongoing renewable energy transition. Rural communities in many states are already showing how to leverage the growth of the renewables industry to enhance local economies, and our report lays out a playbook for scaling an...

Now an out of work football player, the left is mobilizing to condemnob it as racist. nike canceled a sneaker with the flag on its heel. it was a betsy ross flag. georgetown professor mark dyson bizarrely compared our first flag with a swastika. >> the flag is being used by those that want to pummel african americans, latinas, jews and other people. so why not choose a flag that is representative of everybody? >> what about the argument that some have made this is peace to run amuck? if nike wan...

To condemn it as racist. nike cancelled a sneaker with a flag on its heel. it was a betsy ross. georgetown professor mark dyson bizar bizarrely compared our first flag with a swastika. >> the flag is being used by those that want to pummel african americans, latinas. so why not choose a flag that is representative of everybody? >> what about the argument that some have made this is peace to run amuck? >> words matter. why dont we wear a swastika for july 4? i dont know. it makes a difference. >>...