By Larissa Koehler, Jamie Fine Distributed energy resources, from rooftop solar panels to smart well-weatherized homes and timed electric vehicle charging, are vital pieces of the clean energy puzzle. Coordinating how and where to encourage them in a way that benefits the electric grid, the environment, and Californians can be complicated. In its’ Integrated Distributed […]

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FirstEnergy’s federal bailout request in a nutshell: $8 billion/year, 80 uneconomic coal & nuclear plants, 13 states & D.C., 1 greedy company with nothing to lose http://bit.ly/2JuN2Gr 

Every March, Washington D.C. anxiously anticipates the arrival of the city’s world-famous cherry blossoms. Millions of people flood the National Mall each year to observe the “peak bloom” – defined by the National Park Service as the day when 70 percent of the Yoshino cherry blossoms surrounding the Tidal Basin have opened. Fluctuating weather patterns […]

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Clean energy is affordable, reliable and abundant. So why does FirstEnergy want Americans to pay $8 billion/year for a federal coal bailout? http://bit.ly/2JuN2Gr 

FirstEnergy wants Americans to pay $8 billion/year for a federal bailout of all uneconomic coal plants in 13 states and D.C. @DickMunson explains http://bit.ly/2JuN2Gr