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Energy Efficiency: Overlooked & Underutilized Grid Resource
Over the last year, policy discussions relating to energy efficiency as a resource have become more and more frequent. In Texas, the one-year anniversary of Winter Storm Uri has shined new light on energy efficiency at the statewide level at the Public Utility...
How Texas Homeowners Can Create A More Energy Efficient Home
For Texas homeowners, there are a variety of ways to create a home centered around sustainability and efficiency. In this day and age, it’s inevitable to rethink the way you use energy in your home. Closely examine how you can make changes that have a positive impact...
Celebrate Earth Everyday
2020 tied with the warmest year on record, which previously was 2016. It is no surprise that global average temperatures continue to rise and will keep doing so until we intervene. We must highlight the importance of not confusing weather with climate. Earlier this...
Energy Efficiency, Grid Resilience & Reliability
Energy efficiency can help solve some the biggest problems facing Texas right now: resource adequacy, or grid reliability, and resilience during our summer heat waves or winter storms, as we recently experienced. One might ask, what has efficiency done for us so far?...
Smart Rebuilding: Energy Efficiency Paves the Road to Recovery
If you are asking yourself why energy efficiency is important, the better question should be why is it NOT important. The clean energy segment was hit extremely hard by the coronavirus. The workforce in this industry accounted for more than one out of every 50...
A More Resilient America
Katrina, Harvey, Laura, Ida... it's hurricane season and judging by the unrelenting heat many of us across the nation and in Europe are experiencing, it’s easy to fear that this year will produce some strong storms. When Hurricane Laura slammed ashore along the Gulf...