Clean Power Digest: Cheap, clean energy is “no longer inconvenient”
Clean Energy: No Longer Inconvenient – It’s Cheaper Twenty Years After His Film, Al Gore Tweaks the Climate Script – by Chico Harlan – New York Times – May 25, 2026 – Mr. Gore is still giving the slide show that “An Inconvenient Truth” was built around, but with changes that reflect a shift in […]
Clean Power Digest: Coal Plant Orders
Coal Plant Orders Cost Consumers Millions & Drive Utility Bills Higher Each time a coal plant is ordered to stay open – utility bill rates increase. Forcing coal plants to stay open after closure drives up electricity costs because coal power is more expensive to produce. In September 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) […]
Clean Power Digest: Green Bank Litigation Updates
Green Bank Litigation Update There has been a recent uptick of activity in Green Bank litigation in the federal district courts and the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals, like other circuit courts, hears appeals from the U.S. district courts. However, the DC Circuit Court of […]
Clean Power Digest: Investors, utilities & energy providers are choosing faster, cheaper renewables
Investors, Utilities & Energy Providers Are Choosing Faster and Cheaper Renewable Energy Supplies for Electricity Across the U.S. Despite Trump, renewable energy keeps surging by Barbara Grady – January 29, 2026 – Yale Climate Connections – A funny thing happened on the way to President Trump’s mission to obliterate renewable energy. Solar and wind energy […]
Clean Power Digest: the PA Supreme Court’s retention race, data centers, retail electricity prices, and more
Attached please find a PA Digest for October 30, 2025 and a copy of a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study on energy prices (and data centers). Today’s Digest was inspired by the prominently displayed WHYY article (in case you missed it) and the LBL Study’s release. A link to a user friendly, 6-minute PBS News […]
Clean Power Digest: RISE PA progress, clean energy funding cuts, soaring utility bills, and more
Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania (RISE PA) Update RISE PA is a $396 million statewide industrial decarbonization grant program funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grants under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. PA DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee October 21, 2025 PPT Slides are Here. Upcoming Clean […]
Green Banks, Solar Policy, Federal Energy Tax Credits, and More — BIL/IRA Implementation Digest
Green Banks – Clean Communities Investment Accelerator & National Clean Investment Fund Updates Appeals court says EPA can recover ‘green bank’ funds – by Jean Chemnick – September 2, 2025 – E&E News by Politico – The ruling helps clear the agency’s way for clawing back billions of dollars the Biden administration had wanted to […]
Tracking the Impacts of HR 1 BIL/IRA Implementation Digest
Big Picture/Overview Summaries A List of Nearly Everything in the G.O.P. Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save — By Alicia Parlapiano, Margot Sanger-Katz, Aatish Bhatia and Josh Katz – July 3, 2025 – New York Times – Our reporters reviewed the hundreds of items in the bill and their corresponding Congressional Budget Office scores […]
Tracking U.S. Senate Vote on HR 1 — BIL/IRA Implementation Digest
Tracking U.S. Senate vote on HR 1 Despite last-minute changes, US Senate bill deals big blow to renewable energy — By Valerie Volcovici – July 1, 2025 5:40 PM – Reuters – The U.S. Senate’s massive budget bill that passed on Tuesday will make it harder to develop wind and solar energy projects, despite the […]
The House Reconciliation Package, Climate Funding, and Tax Credit Impacts
News Articles on House Bill & Climate/Economic Development Funding House GOP budget ‘worse than feared’ for clean energy: analysts – By Brian Martucci – Utility Dive – May 22, 2025 – The bill’s “unworkable” provisions raise barriers for projects to qualify for clean energy credits before an accelerated 2028 expiration, an industry association said. House […]