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1. www.weforum.org › agenda › 2015What’s the best way to bring electricity to everyone?

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   Feb 16, 2015 · When it comes to bringing affordable, reliable electricity to all people, opinions differ on the ideal problem solving approach. Energy specialists think a lot about energy density and quality/intermittency. Economists think about cost. Planners think about space.

2. www.energy.gov › gdo › articlesHow Are We Making the Grid More ... - Department of Energy

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   Jan 19, 2023 · Withstanding and quickly recovering from extreme weather events must be a critical function of today’s grid. One year into the Building a Better Grid Initiative, let’s look at how GDO is working to boost resilience and reliability to provide electricity to everyone, everywhere, all the time.

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   Should we choose our electricity supply?

   • The good news is that we’ve got a big range of clean options when it comes to choosing our electricity supply, as consumers and constituents, from the personal to the national. Options that can reduce waste, save money, and forestall the worst effects of climate change. In other words, electricity choices we can all live with. Why choose?

   How Can I Choose My Electricity? Options that Make a Difference

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   Why is residential electricity consumption so stable?

   • Roughly stable residential electricity consumption has occurred even as technology usage in homes has increased, homes have gotten larger, and the population has grown. That is because growth in demand for electricity services has been offset by substantial increases in energy efficiency (EIA n.d.b).

   Ten economic facts about electricity and the clean energy transition

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   Why do we need a balanced electricity system?

   • During this rapid evolution, the electricity system must reliably meet the fundamental challenge that electricity generation and consumption must be equal at all times to keep the grid in balance.

   Ten economic facts about electricity and the clean energy transition

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   What if I don't have green energy options?

   • And that can include green power options, which allow you to select renewable energy sources like solar and wind energy. Even if you don’t have green power options through your utility, you can buy renewable energy certificates/credits (RECs) to overlay on whatever your utility is giving you.

   How Can I Choose My Electricity? Options that Make a Difference

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4. news.mit.edu › 2016 › how-make-cities-more-energyHow to make cities more energy efficient | MIT News ...

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   Apr 20, 2016 · The authors point out that 44 percent of all energy used in buildings in the United States goes toward heating and cooling, and this accounts for 20 percent of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions. So, making a significant dent in that sector could help the country meet its commitments for curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

5. www.icf.com › insights › energyWhy Electrification Benefits Cities, States, and the Grid—and ...

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   A boost in annual energy sales of 0.75%. Decreased pressure on electric rates through spread costs. Better grid management during peak periods through flexible loads. A drop in net carbon emissions of up to 85%. Download this paper to learn how utilities can find success in the beneficial electrification space.

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7. blog.ucsusa.org › john-rogers › how-can-i-choose-myHow Can I Choose My Electricity? Options that Make a ...

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   Why should we care about where our electricity comes from? Because how we get our power can have a lot of implications for our health, the environment, our communities, and the economy. It’s good to know about our choices, and to say yes to better options whenever we have the chance. I’ll start with what you can do at home, scale up to the communit...

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   Like the choice of roommate, some of the options for switching up our electricity mix are really close to home, whether it’s buying green power, embracing rooftop solar, or tapping into solar withouta roof. Green power. Would you invite just anyoneto live with you? It used to be that you had to accept whatever power sources your electric utility se...

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   Focusing on communities brings new options into the picture when it comes to electricity choice. Community Choice Aggregation. How about making it easier for people to embrace clean energy by making it the default option? Community Choice Aggregation, also known as Community Choice Energy or municipal aggregation, involves a community choosing a de...

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   Each new level is a bigger lift, but also offers a bigger impact. That’s the way it is with actions at the state level. Renewable electricity standards. RESs(or renewable portfolio standards/RPSs) have been a really important driver of renewables for at least two decades now, and 29 states and Washington, DC, have them in place. Typically, a state ...

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   And then there’s our country. Renewable electricity standard. The RES idea that has been so well proven at the state level is now in play at the federal level, along with a clean energy standard proposal, which is a variant of the idea. UCS’s analysis of the national RES proposalin Congress right now found benefits in terms of energy diversity (les...

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   In some ways, choosing your electricity is a lot lower pressure than choosing your roommate. You don’t have to worry about whether you have compatible tastes in music, or can coordinate schedules, or have the same sense of what’s acceptable when it comes to management of dirty laundry or dirty dishes. Electrons are electrons. Except that they’re no...

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8. www.nationalgeographic.com › environment › articleBig Energy Question: How Do We Make Cities Sustainable?

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   ARTICLE. How Do We Make Cities Sustainable? From better mass transit to a stronger mix of renewable energy, what is the most important thing we can do to make cities smarter when it comes to...

9. www.brookings.edu › articles › ten-economic-factsTen economic facts about electricity and the clean energy ...

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   Apr 27, 2023 · Fully realizing the promise of the clean energy transition for U.S. economic growth, jobs, and prosperity will require developing solutions that remove the choke points created by the existing ...