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Policy & regulation

Chart: The policy push to electrify lawn equipment, visualized

Dozens of states and municipalities across the U.S. have passed laws that aim to shift residents away from polluting, gas-powered lawn equipment.

By Carrie Klein . 18 October 2024
Distributed energy resources

Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids

Distributed solar and batteries are helping North Carolina communities that were cut off from grid power by flooding. Should utilities build them into resilience plans?

By Jeff St. John . 18 October 2024
Transmission

Biden admin awards $2B in new grid resilience grants

The third round of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants target the hurricane-ravaged Southeast U.S. as well as nationwide projects to bolster the grid.

By Jeff St. John . 18 October 2024
Southeast Energy News

Advocates pitch solar-plus-storage to boost N.C. grid resiliency

By Mason Adams . 18 October 2024
Northeast Energy News

Massachusetts’ climate bill is finally here

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 18 October 2024
Midwest Energy News

Michigan utility ghostwrites public support from businesses

By Andy Balaskovitz . 18 October 2024
Western Energy News

Feds greenlight Fervo Cape geothermal project in Utah

By Jonathan P. Thompson . 18 October 2024
$2 billion for grid resilience

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 18 October 2024
Electric vehicles

Want to make EVs cheaper? Figure out what their used batteries are worth.

Fleet operators need better financing to make the switch to electric trucks and buses. Proving the value of second-life batteries can help make that happen.

By Jeff St. John . 21 October 2024
Green steel

Making steel with clean energy would curb health risks, report says

Speeding up America’s shift to cleaner steelmaking would not only slow CO2 emissions, but help reduce the toxic pollution from coal-based production.

By Maria Gallucci . 21 October 2024