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What Electric Companies Don’t Want You To Know

The Environmental Blog

Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at your electric company? We recently had the opportunity to speak with other electricity providers that have been in business for over 30 years. There may be certain truths about electricity providers being kept hidden from public view – but not anymore.

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Should California Link Electricity Bills to Customer Incomes?

GreenTechMedia

California already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. Those costs could rise even faster over the next decade, as utilities harden their grids against wildfires, grow their share of net-metered rooftop solar, and add other costs being passed through to utility customers.

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Scaling energy communities for a more optimal energy market design

Smart Energy International

Dr Ana Trbovich, cofounder of Grid Singularity and the Energy Web Foundation, reports on a new study on the financing of energy communities. External financial support is generally only required for energy communities until two regulatory-related conditions are met. The study, titled ‘The decentralised energy system in 2030.

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Sweeping Senate Energy Bill Could Come to a Vote This Week

GreenTechMedia

Senate will consider a bipartisan energy package this week that could be this year’s best legislative hope to increase federal funding for a number of energy technologies, from solar, wind and batteries, to more efficient fossil fuel-fired power and carbon capture. This policy, part of a 2019 bill from Sens.

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On track for net zero? Observers respond to the UK government’s ten-point green plan

Envirotec Magazine

While an audible sucking-in-of-breath might have seemed in evidence with energy experts appraisal of the technical challenges of speeding-up the transition to electric vehicles, other observers waxed lugubriously about a lack of ambition in the plan. Electric avenue. Making EVs more affordable was seen as still a major hurdle.

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Good Energy and Ørsted ink £50m clean power deal

Business Green

Partnership between the two renewable energy firms will provide enough offshore wind power for 36,000 homes. A major new deal between green energy supplier Good Energy and Danish wind farm giant Ørsted is set to secure enough offshore wind power for 36,000 British homes.

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What Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Gets Wrong About Heat Pumps

DeSmogBlog

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. The extreme cold and record-setting electrical consumption has reignited local debates about whether heat pumps are a viable option in the province.