As Inflation Reduction Act funds get disbursed, are states making the most of their policies and programs to deliver efficient electrification through heat pump adoption? As RAP and CLASP’s webinar series on “Federal Dollars, State Policies and Heat Pumps:… View Summary +

In Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed  our recently published model rule on emissions standards for space and water heaters. In the course of preparing the rule, we considered an important question: Are heat pumps cost-effective compared… View Summary +

Emissions standards remain a critical policy option that states can use to improve air quality and achieve climate goals, and since many larger sources of air pollution have been reduced significantly, regulating building emissions makes sense as a next step toward… View Summary +

Energy-insecure households must sometimes make difficult choices between maintaining safe indoor temperatures and electricity and providing essentials like food and medical care. At the same time, technology can offer an opportunity to help these households better manage their bills,… View Summary +

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $24 million in funding to train workers without four-year degrees to enter the clean energy workforce. Governors from 22 states and two U.S. territories aim to train 1 million… View Summary +

In late 2023, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), established a new capacity payment mechanism for coal power generators.  A capacity payment is an annual payment per megawatt of available capacity that is paid regardless of how many… View Summary +

On September 17, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen included a remarkable point in her mission letter for the incoming Energy Commissioner — advance the system integration of solar and wind by improving locational price signals. How could that… View Summary +

“We should be creative, and we should accommodate the needs of every community to open up the process. We should make it easy and accessible for every citizen to participate.” As this quote from the late Rep. John Lewis emphasizes,… View Summary +

Can states team up to better understand the benefits and challenges that efficient electrification through heat pump adoption can produce for their citizens and economies? Earlier this fall in the first in a series of webinars, Federal Dollars, State… View Summary +

Europe is at a crossroads in its quest to meet ambitious climate goals. Industrial emissions, which contribute 20% of the continent’s greenhouse gases, must be drastically reduced — by 90% by 2040 — to align with the European Union’s net-zero… View Summary +