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Stop the Utility Profit Grab
The Energy Show · Stop the Utility Profit Grab 6/30/21 News Story: "PG&E just asked regulators for a $3.6b rate hike to reduce fires from...
Jul 7, 20212 min read
Texas Power Failures
We all know about the devastating blackouts that hit Texas last month. Millions of people were without power for a week. People were...
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Local Politics of Solar and Battery Storage
Sometimes I think that the last thing we need is more electric utilities (except for the mini-utility our customers have with solar and...
Dec 14, 20202 min read
Why is Electricity So Expensive?
Why is Electricity So Expensive? We can complain all we want about the absurdly high price of electricity, but this situation is likely...
Dec 6, 20201 min read
A Millennial's Perspective on the Green New Deal
The Green New Deal is getting a lot more attention as we get into the 2020 Presidential election. The Green New Deal is a set of proposed...
Dec 20, 20191 min read
Environmental Entrepreneurs - Bob Keefe
Entrepreneurs are the job engine in the United States. Many of the companies founded by today’s entrepreneurs have products or services...
Oct 3, 20191 min read
DOE Continues Solar & Storage Progress
In today’s accelerated and politicized news cycle it is easy to confuse White House pronouncements with the policies that government...
Sep 19, 20192 min read
2020 Solar Policy Hindsight with Adam Browning
The United States is a representative democracy. Citizens vote for politicians who, theoretically, advocate for their needs: things like...
Aug 12, 20191 min read
Electrifying Buildings with Jeff Byron
California was the first state to set aggressive goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Senate bill 32, AKA Cap and Trade, will reduce...
Aug 1, 20192 min read
Energy Investments with Shawn Kravetz
The yield curve for certain types of debt is inverted, suggesting that there may be a recession on the horizon. Economists are worried,...
Mar 27, 20191 min read
The Green New Deal
This week’s Energy Show is about the Green New Deal. Candidly, I’m all for the “green” parts, and not so enthusiastic about some of the...
Mar 21, 20192 min read
Rolling Back Fuel Economy Standards - Dumb Idea
Energy is so important to our civilization that, going back to the invention of fire, there continues to be an abundance of great ideas....
Mar 8, 20192 min read
Solar Policies for a Safer, Cheaper and More Reliable Electric Grid
Time to put on your thinking caps and connect the dots on these topics: Net Metering Solar Investment Tax Credit Property Assessed Clean...
Mar 5, 20191 min read
Clean Energy’s Prospects with the 2019 Congress
We’re starting to see the impact that the 2018 congressional elections had on clean energy. Although the House of Representatives is now...
Feb 6, 20192 min read
Manufacturing Solar in the US with Auxin Solar
Attention U.S. Department of Commerce: your well-intentioned efforts to help the U.S. solar panel manufacturing industry are not working....
Dec 11, 20182 min read
Avoiding a Global Warming Disaster
The bad news about global warming continues unabated. This fall the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (fondly...
Nov 27, 20182 min read
The Sun Also Rises - At Night With Battery Storage
One of my favorite Hemingway books is “The Sun Also Rises.” It’s about Spain, bull fighting and a group of lost generation friends in...
Nov 19, 20182 min read
Protecting Your Rights to Go Solar with Dave Rosenfeld
We take it for granted that you can install solar on your home or business anytime, just as you can make any other energy saving...
Nov 1, 20182 min read
Ten Electric Utility Company Myths
Electric utilities got their start in the U.S. in the 1880s. Thomas Edison began transmitting DC power as he literally illuminated the...
Jul 31, 20182 min read
California Requires Solar on all New Homes
California continues to lead the country when it comes to clean and inexpensive energy. Here is an example – In May the California Energy...
Jul 24, 20182 min read
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