FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:CONTACT: Chanda Washington (DMPED) – (202) 727-6698; chanda.washington@dc.gov March 22, 2018 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2018 CONTACT: Chanda Washington (DMPED) – (202) 727-6698; chanda.washington@dc.gov Bowser Administration Shares Update on Opportunity Zones Continues to Move Forward New

BY JOHN FARRELL | DATE: 14 MAR 2018 | More than 50 U.S. cities have made commitments to reach 100% renewable electricity, many inspired by Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 campaign and the cost-effectiveness of solar and wind power. But

By Zach Schalk on March 19, 2018| Community solar , D.C. , Energy democracy Shiela Credel (middle) and other recipients of electricity bill credits from the first community solar project in D.C. enjoyed seeing some of the panels that make

September 24, 2017| D.C., Homeowner stories The installation took a day. Overall the process was efficient, organized and seamless from start to finish. Sylvester Bush, Solar homeowner – Washington, D.C. West Solar with the East of the River Solar Co-op

By Ben Delman on March 10, 2018 The federal government offers a non-refundable 30% tax credit based on your solar system’s purchased cost. As with much of tax law, what is included in “system” is complicated. One particularly murky area

AUTHOR: Herman K. Trabish  PUBLISHED  March 1, 2018   Rooftop solar’s 2030 price could be $0.05/kWh and drive 30 GW/year of new capacity, DOE finds Uility-scale wind and solar generation is now putting coal and nuclear plants out of business and is

AUTHOR: Gavin Bade@GavinBade PUBLISHED  March 5, 2018 Dive Brief: The Internal Revenue Service on Friday released a private letter ruling determining that a residential energy storage facility may qualify for federal solar tax credits if it is charged completely by an onsite

AUTHOR: Peter Maloney@TopFloorPower   PUBLISHED  March 7, 2018                                                     Dive Brief: Maryland is poised to expand its renewable

AUTHOR: Robert Walton@TeamWetDog  PUBLISHED March 7, 2018                                                                        

AUTHOR: Robert Walton@TeamWetDog   PUBLISHED March 7, 2018 BRIEF Canada’s National Energy Board has approved Hydro-Quebec’s application to construct an international transmission line to New Hampshire as part of the disputed Northern Pass transmission project. In January, Massachusetts selected Northern Pass to help the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2018 CONTACT: Mark Antoniewicz, mark@hiphopcaucus.org, 202-506-5882 Cutting-edge show infuses climate and culture to tell the stories that inspire action to stop climate change and protect the frontline communities fighting for their existence Washington, D.C. – On

AUTHOR: Peter Maloney@TopFloorPower   PUBLISHED   March 7, 2018 Dive Brief: General Electric has launched an energy storage platform and says its first order, for a 20 MW, 80 MWh project, will be deployed late next year. GE’s Reservoir storage platform is based

Authored By Carlos Koeneke, Vice President Project Engineering, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas, Inc. Published: February 13, 2018 As the utilities industry enters its second decade of deregulation, the power market has changedconsiderably, and is still in flux. But great change brings

AUTHOR: Gavin Bade @GavinBade   PUBLISHED  March 2, 2018 Utility Dive Dive Brief: The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed a new rule that would give states and utilities more flexibility in the disposal of coal ash. EPA’s proposal would make a dozen changes

Author: Jeff Mosier, Energy and Environment Writer Dallas Morning News Published 2/27/18 The difficult four-year effort to find a new parent company for Oncor, which owns most North Texas power lines, is now one step away from completion. A Delaware

BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN – 02/27/18 01:22 PM EST THE HILL  © Getty Power companies contracted by the U.S. government to restore power in Puerto Rico are pulling workers from the island, as many of the territory’s residents still lack power five

AUTHOR: Alan Russo PUBLISHED: Feb. 28, 2018 Utility Dive Energy is a long game, and all stakeholders have made a long-term affirmation that we are headed toward a more renewable future, REC Solar Senior Vice President Alan Russo writes. I’s plain to see

AUTHOR:Peter Maloney@TopFloorPower: PUBLISHED Feb. 27, 2018 Utility Dive Lthium-ion batteries rule the market for energy storage. Flow battery makers want a share of that market, but they have a tough time competing on costs. At GTM Media’s Energy Storage Summit in December,

By Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney February 19 at 3:49 PM Washington Post The Eiffel Tower lights up in December 2015 with an advocacy message for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. (Michel Euler/AP) Barely two years ago,