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  • Blog
    May 7, 2018

    Tomorrow’s Homes … Today!

    While Silicon Valley is synonymous with “innovation” in our increasingly digital economy, today’s energy industry has been busy researching, developing, and building tomorrow’s future. These advanced technologies are being implemented in cities, towns, and neighborhoods all across the country. To
  • Blog
    May 1, 2018

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decline in 2016

    As my colleague Dan Byers recently wrote, although you wouldn’t know it from the dialogue in this country, Americans are enjoy some of the cleanest air in the world, with improvements in numerous cities every year. Now, the latest version of EPA’s Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks
  • Blog
    April 23, 2018

    Visualizing the U.S. Clean Air Success Story

    Have you heard the good news about the excellent state of U.S. air quality? Chances are, you haven’t. In fact, it is much more likely that you’ve heard the opposite—glum stories of smoggy skies and unhealthy air constantly under threat from industrial pollution and SUVs. Reality begs to differ. As
  • Blog
    March 27, 2018

    Electricity Rates Are Mostly Up, But Relief is in Sight

    One of our most popular annual features is our state-by-state comparison of electricity prices. As in past years, we base our electricity rate map upon the most recent full year price data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The prices reflected on the map continue to reflect
  • Blog
    February 13, 2018

    EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2018—The Ups & Downs

    This week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its latest annual forecast of U.S. energy, the Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018). This year’s edition goes out to 2050 and provides a look at where the agency thinks production, consumption, imports, and exports of all major