• Energy

Biden Administration Aims For 80% Clean Electricity by 2030

• clean energy
• clean energy standard
• electrical grid
• greenhouse gas emissions
• Paris Agreement
• utilities
• zero-emissions

The Biden administration is aiming to set a national clean energy mandate that the nation obtains 80% of its power from clean, emissions-free sources by 2030. This 2030 aim will be a major step for the United States towards reaching net zero emissions by 2035, Biden’s overall climate goal. 

Why this Matters:  This mandate would lower emissions by requiring a transition to renewables like wind, solar, and nuclear energy.

• Sustainability

DITCHED: Dark Money and Political Influence with Dr. Leah Stokes

• #Ditched
• climate action
• divestment
• green banking
• green finance
• renewable energy
• utilities

In the United States, electric utilities are an outsized influence on our political process. Utilities can be a force for good but as UC Santa Barbara professor Leah Stokes explained to ODP this past spring, “There is an abundance of shadow, dark money, and nonprofits groups whose missions’ are to stifle clean energy progress and […]

• Energy

San Francisco Makes an Offer to Buy Back Its Power Grid from PG&E

• California
• PG&E
• San Francisco
• utilities

California’s largest utility, PG&E, has seen its fair share of woes in recent years. Not only did its transmission lines spark the deadly Camp Fire but this past January it filed for bankruptcy as a result of its mounting legal claims. This bankruptcy has sparked questions about the future of utilities and if more localized […]

• Energy

One of America’s Oldest Power Companies Commits to Go Carbon-Free

• 100%
• clean energy
• New Jersey
• renewable energy
• utilities

New Jersey’s largest energy company, PSEG, recently announced that it will go carbon-free by 2050 after 116 years of relying on fossil fuels to generate energy. As CNN reported, the $30 billion utility provider is on track to slash carbon emissions by 80% by 2046, compared with 2005 levels. And PSEG, which also serves more […]

• Energy

PG&E Could Face Murder Charges for Role in CA Wildfires

• Becerra
• California
• microgrid
• PG&E
• utilities

After state officials revealed that California’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, had caused some of California’s wildfires in the last two years due to downed power lines, a flurry of legal action has arisen to hold PG&E accountable.