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California’s Plan to Crowdsource Distributed Energy to Replace Grid Upgrades

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This is a much better fit for DERs, since it “allows DERs to meet incremental needs in the distribution system as they occur over time,” instead of forcing “the entire up-front needs to be identified all at once, and have one shot at getting it right,” said Rachel McMahon, senior public policy manager at Sunrun.

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COP15 Reaction: 'The message to the private sector is clear'

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Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and former World Bank Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, said: "Our economy has to operate within nature. Nevertheless, we're hopeful. Two weeks' ago, we had a mountain of differences to resolve.

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Puerto Rico has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build a clean energy grid – but FEMA plans to spend $9.4 billion on fossil fuel infrastructure instead

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Patrick Parenteau , Vermont Law School and Rachel Stevens , Vermont Law School. Patrick Parenteau , Professor of Law, Vermont Law School and Rachel Stevens , Professor of Law & Staff Attorney, Vermont Law School. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.