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Q&A: Karl Rábago, grandfather of the value-of-solar tariff | Midwest Energy News

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 3, 2014 by stlaneApril 3, 2014

As a municipal utility executive in Austin, Texas, Karl Rábago led a team that came up with the very first value-of-solar tariff, an alternative to net-metering that aims to pay utility customers a rate for solar power that reflects its … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Minnesota Becomes First State to Set ‘Value of Solar’ Tariff : Greentech Media

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 3, 2014 by stlaneApril 3, 2014

As some states attempt to weaken solar crediting policies, Minnesota looks to make them more effective and fair. Minnesota utility regulators on Wednesday approved the nation’s first statewide formula for calculating the value of customer-generated solar power. The Minnesota Public … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Retrofits, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Oil Refiners’ Woes Signal Opportunity to Snap up Solar Stocks – San Antonio Express-News

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 3, 2014 by stlaneApril 3, 2014

Oil refiners are going through a dark phase, one that has not only taken a toll on their profit margins, but that threatens to extend this harrowing narrative for the foreseeable future — a high crude oil price environment. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Carbon, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

White House Plan Targets Methane Emissions – ABC News

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 31, 2014 by stlaneMarch 31, 2014

The White House announced a wide-ranging plan Friday aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, landfills and other sources, part of President Barack Obama's strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. The White … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Greenwashing, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

How to make natural gas more climate-friendly | Grist

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 31, 2014 by stlaneMarch 31, 2014

This is a story about natural gas leakage, and we’re not talking about what happens after your grandfather says, “Pull my finger!” Recent reports in journals such as Science and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have carried … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Tesla’s Giga Battery Factory Threatens the Auto, Utility and Building Controls Markets : Greentech Media

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 31, 2014 by stlaneMarch 31, 2014

Cheaper batteries will allow mainstream pricing of Tesla’s EVs in six years—and lots more. Tesla’s Giga factory aims to reduce the cost of lithium-ion batteries by 30 percent in three years and 50 percent by 2020. This big, bold move … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Fianance & Fundraising, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Creating a Brighter Energy Future for Lake Wobegon…and throughout the USA

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 28, 2014 by stlaneMarch 28, 2014

The American energy system risks being the thing that time forgot. Our aging fossil-fuel-based system is decaying. And in the absence of a plan, the energy system chokingly chugs along without direction or a full understanding of the challenges ahead. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Retrofits, Rocky Mountain Institute, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Flavelle: Get politics out of climate change efforts | The Columbian

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 23, 2014 by stlaneMarch 23, 2014

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is trying to awaken more Americans to the dangers of climate change, with a report Tuesday that focuses on a clear and accessible explanation of the evidence. It's a commendable and necessary … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Greenwashing, Humor, Job Creation, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Surveys, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Utilities, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

No, Renewables Aren’t Going to Blow Up the Grid : Greentech Media

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 20, 2014 by stlaneMarch 20, 2014

The German experience shows that there are some real challenges associated with renewables integration. But they're not technical — they are mostly related to rate structures, the high cost of legacy renewable energy subsidies and overlapping energy markets between countries. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Microgrids, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Minnesota Adopts First Statewide Method For Calculating The Value Of Solar Power | ThinkProgress

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 20, 2014 by stlaneMarch 20, 2014

On Wednesday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission voted to become the first state in the nation to come up with a methodology for calculating the value of solar power generated by consumers — and not just how much that power … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Microgrids, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Quirky’s New A/C Unit Smartens Up Your Dumbest Energy Hog

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 19, 2014 by stlaneMarch 19, 2014

This is Aros, a Wi-Fi connected air conditioner aimed at energy-conscious consumers that Quirky and GE are launching today. It's by far the biggest and most complicated product that Quirky has ever built, and it aims to help solve truly … Continue reading →

Posted in Building, Carbon, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Residential Building, Retrofits, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Utilities | Leave a reply

Things that make you go, hmmm? Exxon CEO Joins Lawsuit to Stop Fracking Near His Home

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 19, 2014 by stlaneMarch 19, 2014

Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson may be the world's biggest fracker Exxon is the biggest natural gas producer in the U.S. but he isn't stupid. He'll frack my backyard and tell me it's good for me and he'll frack your place … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Greenwashing, Humor, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Polls & Opinions, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Water | Leave a reply

Plastic Bag Ban: Transitioning to a Litter-Free San Antonio | The Rivard Report

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 7, 2014 by stlaneMarch 10, 2014

By now, you have likely heard I am proposing a transition that will move San Antonio down a path toward becoming a litter-free community. Late last year, after multiple conversations with members of the Citizen’s Environmental Advisory Committee members are … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale: Big Oil & Bad Air on the Texas Prairie | Inside Climate News

SustainableSA.com Posted on February 18, 2014 by stlaneJune 14, 2022

An eight-month investigation into the public health consequences of unmitigated oil and gas industry sprawl in Texas Members of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team from InsideClimate News, together with the Center for Public Integrity and The Weather Channel, reveal that as … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Carbon, Climate Change, Doing Something, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

The Grid Edge: How Will Utilities, Vendors and Energy Service Providers Adapt? : Greentech Media

SustainableSA.com Posted on January 22, 2014 by stlaneJanuary 22, 2014

The Grid Edge: How Will Utilities, Vendors and Energy Service Providers Adapt? The intersection of grid modernization and the rise of a new end-to-end energy system is already upon us. The term “smart grid” is getting a bit long in … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Read This Retiring Utility Commissioner’s Candid Words About Energy Policy : Greentech Media

SustainableSA.com Posted on January 22, 2014 by stlaneJanuary 22, 2014

Read This Retiring Utility Commissioner’s Candid Words About Energy Policy “I suspect that [utilities] would still dearly like to strangle rooftop solar if they could.” When public servants leave office, they sometimes offer up the most candid words of their … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, CPS Energy, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fianance & Fundraising, Fossil Fuels, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Polls & Opinions, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

NREL: Soft Costs Now Largest Piece Of Solar Installation Costs | CleanTechnica

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 23, 2013 by stlaneMarch 23, 2014

Two reports published by the US Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL show that soft costs — such as financing and other non-hardware costs — now make up the largest section of solar installation costs, coming in at 64% … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fianance & Fundraising, Fossil Fuels, Isothermal Compressed Air Storage, Job Creation, Microgrids, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Market Forces Mainstream Sustainability – Economic Intelligence (usnews.com)

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 20, 2013 by stlaneDecember 23, 2013

The face of sustainability is changing, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group and MIT Sloan Management Review. In a worldwide survey of more than 1,000 executives and managers, BCG and Sloan took the pulse of sustainability efforts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Job Creation, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Polls & Opinions, Renewable Energy, Retrofits, Surveys, Sustainability | Leave a reply

Debunking the Renewables “Disinformation Campaign”

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 17, 2013 by stlaneDecember 17, 2013

According to Fox Business reporter Shibani Joshi, renewables are successful in Germany and not in the U.S. because Germany has “got a lot more sun than we do.” Sure, California might get sun now and then, Joshi conceded during her … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Fianance & Fundraising, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Rocky Mountain Institute, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

A New Proposal From Arizona’s Ratepayer Advocate Seeks to Fix Net Metering : Greentech Media

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 9, 2013 by stlaneDecember 9, 2013

A new proposal from Arizona’s ratepayer advocate seeks to resolve the hostility between utilities and solar advocates over net energy metering. Regulators “will look to us because their main function is to make sure residential ratepayers get fair treatment, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Job Creation, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

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