Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn't afford the electricity needed to run breathing assistance machines, recharge wheelchairs, turn on air conditioning or keep their refrigerators plugged in. So she worked with her hospital on a solution.

A new study finds rooftop solar will save California $2.3B this year — a rebuttal to the ​‘cost-shift’ math that’s led regulators to stifle solar growth.

For years, California utilities, regulators, and consumer advocates have argued that residents with solar panels on their rooftops are making electricity more expensive for everyone else in the state.

Save the date for the Community Advocates for Cleaning Energy (CACE) Electric School Bus webinar on November 13th. Don’t leave the benefits and funding sources on the table! An EPA Clean School Bus Program Rebate round is now open with a due date of Thursday, January 9th, 2025. Start planning now for additional rounds to be announced in the future.

Five governors are urging the PJM Interconnection to reform its capacity market rules and interconnection queue process to prevent “unnecessary” costs for electricity customers.

The sector is enjoying massive production investment thanks to the clean energy law, even as it contends with heightened tariffs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $40 million in investments across the solar energy supply chain, including the selection of four projects to improve the lifecycle of photovoltaic (PV) solar systems.

School district staff can now apply for the 2024-2025 Energy Champions Leading the Advancement of Sustainable Schools (Energy CLASS), an innovative opportunity from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Renew America’s Schools and Efficient and Healthy Schools programs. Submissions are due on October 4, 2024, at midnight ET. 

As the school year kicks off, many Philadelphia students are returning to aging buildings that are powered by an electric grid fueled largely by planet-warming natural gas.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Solar District Cup Class of 2024–2025 on July 17, 2024. Participants will compete from August 2024 through April 2025.

David Hammes, from Exact Solar, explains that the solar systems on these affordable home ownership row homes will offset over 70% of the new low income homeowners' electricity use.  The homes are Energy STAR certified, all electric, with high efficiency heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, high levels of air sealing and insulation and many other measures. 

Inspired by Swedish youth activist Greta Thunberg, the Barrington Environmental Establishment has earned an EPA award.

BARRINGTON, R.I. — Four Barrington High School students, inspired by the 2019 protests led by Swedish youth activist Greta Thunberg, started a club they hope will endure long after graduation.

Emma Pautz, Abigail Goblick, Siddharth Gupta, and Mia He noticed the impacts of flooding and extreme weather in their hometown and founded the Barrington Environmental Establishment (BEE) to foster environmental change.

More homeowners are opting for heat pumps, once thought to be ill-suited to cold Northeast winters.

For decades, Scott Nelson’s Oceanside Service has been installing traditional residential cooling systems and gas-powered furnaces in Jersey Shore communities such as Long Beach Island.

Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Will Retool or Retrofit 11 Existing Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Facilities to Support EV Manufacturing, Retaining and Creating Thousands of Good-Paying Union Jobs

Governor Josh Shapiro joined Department of General Services (DGS) Secretary Reggie McNeil, Constellation President & CEO Joseph Dominguez, and Lightsource bp Senior Vice President Alyssa Edwards to unveil the Commonwealth's renewable energy initiative, the Pennsylvania Project to Utilize Light and Solar Energy (PA PULSE).

…Improves Grid Reliability, Lowers Consumer Costs, Generates Jobs; Or Upends Competitive Markets And Is A ‘Death Wish’ For Our Economy (?)

Economic development projects shape the landscape and impact everyday life by influencing air quality, traffic volume, stormwater flow, and local employment opportunities.

Economic development can bring massive benefits to our communities, but it also brings other consequences that must be considered. These social and environmental considerations are known as "externalities."

US public education infrastructure faces significant challenges due to years of deferred maintenance and the growing impacts of climate change. Luckily, the Inflation Reduction Act offers substantial, easily accessible financial assistance to schools in the form of direct-pay tax credits for climate-friendly upgrades.

An amazing energy production milestone was just passed. The seven biggest solar companies now provide more usable energy than the fossil fuel giants of "Big Oil".

What? Can this really be true? Yes, it can, if you compare the amount of useful energy that goes towards the desired output of the end-use application. It may sound complicated, but it's actually a fair way of comparing the two energy sources.

Join the IRS for a free Small Business Forum. No registration is required.

Topics include:
• New Document Upload Tool
• New Business Tax Account
• Clean Energy Tax credits for Businesses
• Protecting Against Identity Theft
• Getting IRS help
• Get links to important resources
• Question and answer session

This webinar will discuss the Request for Information that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued on June 1 soliciting concept papers for the Design, Development, Commercialization and Maintenance of Clean Energy Campus Projects on abandoned mine lands controlled by the Commonwealth.