 | Batteries Replacing Gas in California, Coal in Colorado and Indiana December 11, 2018 by Lewis Milford, Seth Mullendore How storage will power a low carbon energy transformation has begun to emerge across the country – surprisingly led by utilities in the Midwest and West as they pursue an economic mix of renewables and battery storage to shut down and replace existing fossil-fuel plants. |
 Photo Credit: STori / Bigstockphoto.com | The Right to Energy Data – An Emerging Environmental Justice Issue November 27, 2018 by Seth Mullendore Free access to energy data should be a basic right in today’s changing regulatory environment. |
 | Maryland’s New Resiliency Program Could Serve as a Model for Other States November 8, 2018 by Seth Mullendore There’s a lot to like about the Maryland Energy Administration’s new $5 million program to support community resiliency hubs powered by solar and battery storage. |
 | As Hurricane Michael damages the Southeast, Puerto Rico provides lessons on resilient power October 23, 2018 by Lewis Milford In its extraordinary drive to rebound from a historic storm, Puerto Rico’s policymakers have staked a new resilient future that their mainland colleagues would do well to follow. |
 | Solar+Storage Powers Critical Community Services in Boulder, Colorado September 27, 2018 by Marriele Robinson For the City of Boulder, a September 2013 flood emphasized the need for energy resilience as critical to providing emergency services. The city partnered with two leading nonprofit services providers to demonstrate how solar+storage systems can reliably support critical loads during an outage. |
 | Resilient Power On the Rise in Puerto Rico August 28, 2018 by Marriele Robinson Members of CEG’s Resilient Power Project team traveled to Puerto Rico earlier this month to participate in a conference and meet with local solar+storage developers and nonprofit organizations. |
 | Advancing Energy Storage Technologies to Meet Clean Energy Goals in Massachusetts July 30, 2018 by Todd Olinsky-Paul Massachusetts’ Advancing Commonwealth Energy Storage (ACES) grant program was created to jump-start the energy storage industry by piloting innovative, broadly-replicable demonstration projects with multiple value streams, thereby priming Massachusetts for increased commercialization and deployment. |
 | Declining Battery Storage Costs Raise Questions About the Role of Natural Gas July 17, 2018 by Seth Mullendore Batteries are beginning to complete head-to-head with natural gas peaker plants, and they’re starting to win. |
 | How Could Solar+Storage Benefit Your Community? Find Out for Free. June 25, 2018 by Seth Mullendore A new release of NREL’s free online tool allows anyone to enter in a building’s information to estimate how much solar+storage capacity would be needed to keep critical loads powered during an emergency. |
 | Why California’s New Home Solar Requirement Includes Batteries and Not Zero Net Energy May 17, 2018 by Seth Mullendore California’s recently adopted building standards require solar to be a part of all new residential construction. As the first state to enact such a standard, it’s been lauded as a historic and game-changing event for solar power in the U.S. But some have argued that the new standards don’t go far enough. |
