efficiency
Retroactive energy efficiency loans offer pandemic lifeline for some businesses
Green banks are offering businesses a chance to borrow against previous investments in energy-saving upgrades.
reliability
Indiana task force report could slow state’s transition from coal, critics fear
Minnesota
As wind energy prices plunge, Xcel refunds customers who paid a premium
transportation
Michigan task force makeup suggests the future of transportation is still cars
Environmental and public transit advocates are dismayed by their exclusion from a new council charged with shaping a vision for “future mobility” in the state.
politics
N.C. elections left ‘status quo’ in power, but some still see hope for clean energy
Climate activists failed to flip the state’s legislature, but the politics and economics of clean energy leave an opening for action — so long as Duke Energy is on board.
Illinois
Illinois’ legislative lockdown will leave solar industry waiting until 2021
As surging coronavirus cases prompt leaders to cancel a November legislative session, solar developers and advocates fear irreparable harm to the industry.
transportation
Virginia should look to Maryland for electric vehicle policy, report says
A Charlottesville nonprofit group says point-of-sale rebates and inventory requirements for dealers could help the commonwealth catch up with its neighbor.
Energy Harbor
FirstEnergy statements could support broad scope for PUCO-ordered audit
Evasive legal responses don’t say what happened after funds from ratepayers went into a money pool.