Making Sense of a Crazy Year
Despite the damage, positive trends endure....
Expert Blog
The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Cap and Trade and Regional Grid Integration Go Hand in Hand
Regional grid Integration—centrally coordinating the operations of the grid via an organized electricity market—is the essential element to the renewable en...
Western Regional Energy Markets: Synergies and Differences
A new fact sheet released by a coalition of organizations (including NRDC) supporting a western integrated grid not only seeks to help unpack the policy choices...
Energy Imbalance Market Progress and Why It Matters
The news that America’s largest municipal utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), is joining the California Independent System Operator...
Integrated Grid More Important Than Ever
Regional integration of the western grid favors renewable energy resources...
Progress Continues on Regional ISO Expansion
Although Governor Brown today announced that legislation critical to transforming California’s statewide electric grid operator into a regional entity will not...