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Why the Barclays Downgrade of the Entire U.S. Electricity Sector Means an Upgrade for Consumers
Barclays recently downgraded the U.S. electricity sector. That’s right, the whole sector. It’s now listed as “underweight,” meaning that if you were to hold a full portfolio of bonds for the U.S. economy, you might want to be a bit light on U.S. electric utilities.
U.S. Climate Action—The Truth About Its “Costs”
Earlier this week, the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced new guidelines under the Clean Air Act limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. The move comes in the wake of the federal government’s Third National Climate Assessment, exposing the serious risk climate change poses to the nation’s economy and security.
A Framework for Minnesota’s Clean Energy Future
Minnesota has some big decisions to make about the future of our energy systems. We don’t know exactly how they will change, but we know the status quo won’t last.
Inside the Book Resource Revolution
During the first Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, economic growth and societal progress faced a problem of relative scarcity—not of resources, which were then considered inexhaustibly abundant, but of people. Making people (and the labor processes by which they manufactured goods and provided services) radically…
You Down With LCOE? Maybe You, But Not Me
Desirable shifts in how we as a nation consume electricity can actually make LCOE numbers look worse, not better. This is particularly true when considering the influence of energy efficiency.
