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News / EPIC News•May 19, 2022

Grid Expansion Boosts Renewables and Cuts Electricity Costs

A new study finds expanding transmission lines increases renewable energy investments and reduces average electricity costs. The expansion costs are quickly paid back in environmental and health benefits.
News / EPIC News•Feb 20, 2020

Energy Choices Can Be Contagious – But Why? New Insights Into Peer Influence

Study bridges the fields of energy and psychology to better understand the impact of word of mouth and other forms of peer influence.
News / EPIC News•Jan 15, 2020

Why do Low-Income Consumers Go Solar? Study Shows it’s Not all About Saving Money

Bucking a trend of rooftop solar being only for the rich, policymakers are creating new policies to put solar on low-income homes. These households hold the same motivations and concerns...
News / EPIC News•Apr 22, 2019

Renewable Portfolio Standards Reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions, But at a High Cost, Study Finds

State-level renewable electricity mandates increase electricity prices by as much as 17 percent over twelve years, making the cost of reducing carbon emissions with these policies more expensive than current...
News / EPIC News•Jun 28, 2017

Catalyzing Energy Technology Transformations

IEA’s Eric Masanet presents on the state of energy technologies, as laid out in the Energy Technology Perspectives 2017 report.
News / EPIC News•Nov 15, 2016

New Project To Identify The Barriers To Rooftop Solar’s Growth

Kim Wolske and colleagues will test a pilot project to improve uptake of rooftop solar in low-income communities.
News / EPIC News•Jul 26, 2016

Will hydrogen fuel-cell cars be America’s car of the future?

Analysis looks at the prospects for the hydrogen fuel-cell market in the U.S.
News / EPIC News•May 11, 2016

Clean Power Plan Coverage: Its Policy Impact And Will It Survive

As the Clean Power Plan went through a courtroom battle, we hosted two events on the survival of the rule and its policy impacts. Watch the events in full and...

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