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Greentech Media: Trump’s Reversal of Clean Power Plan Won’t Hurt Renewables, but It May Boost Coal

Posted by Emma Foehringer Merchant on Aug 21, 2018

This Greentech Media article looks at the newly released Trump EPA plan to regulate carbon emissions that replaces the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan. AEE's Caitlin Marquis, manager of federal and state policy at Advanced Energy Economy is quoted multiple times throughout. Link to the full article here. Excerpts below:
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Greeley Tribune: Report: Advanced energy jobs expected to grow 8 percent in Colorado

Posted by Trevor Reid on Aug 19, 2018

This article from The Greeley Tribune covered the release of AEE’s recently revealed Colorado Jobs fact sheet. The article quotes AEE's J.R. Tolbert, vice president for state policy at Advanced Energy. Link to the full article here. Link to the press release for the facts sheet here. See excerpts below:
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Sacramento Bee (Opinion): California plays a leading, effective role

Posted by Carl Guardino on Aug 9, 2018

The Sacramento Bee published this opinion piece, "California plays a leading, effective role in confronting climate change," by Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and a member of the California Transportation Commission. In his piece, Carl references AEE's newly released Calif. Jobs Fact Sheet figures, and highlights several priority bills in the Calif. legislature that AEE is advocating for. See excerpts below and read the entire piece here.
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The Denver Post: Colorado’s alternative energy economy boosted by wind and biofuels

Posted by Aldo Svaldi on Aug 9, 2018

The Denver Post covered the release of AEE’s Colorado Jobs fact sheet in an Aug. 9 online story that also ran in print on Aug. 10. The online version includes a link to download the fact sheet. Both versions quote an AEE spokesperson and Phil Jordan, of BW Research, who oversaw the project, and references AEE members Johns Manville and Vestas in the context of the strong energy efficiency and wind jobs figures respectively. See excerpts below:
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Greentech Media: PG&E Reflects on ‘Huge Uncertainty’ Created by California’s Wildfires

Posted by Emma Foehringer Merchant on Aug 9, 2018

Greentech Media's reporter filed this story about the financial challenges PG&E faces as a result of California's wildfires from AEE's Pathway to 2050 conference in Sacramento. While there, she covered remarks made by PG&E's Steve Malnight. See the entire story here and excerpts below:
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SolarWakeup: Hey Politicians: Clean Energy Jobs – Which Are Booming – Can Be An Electoral Winner If You Play It Right

Posted by Frank Andorka on Jul 30, 2018

This SolarWakeup article looks at Ohio AEE's recently released Ohio Advanced Energy Jobs Fact Sheet and comments made by Ray Fakhoury, legislative affairs director for OAEE, on the state of advanced energy jobs in Ohio. Link to the Ohio Jobs Fact Sheet here. Link to the full article here. Excerpts below:
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Utility Dive (opinion): Can a 'DER Authority' fix the utility information problem to boost clean energy?

Posted by Mike O'Boyle on Jul 30, 2018

This in-depth Utility Dive opinion explores how an independent DER Authority, like the first being considered by the city of Washington, D.C., might better manage system optimization of distributed energy resources. AEE's reports, blog, data, and graphics were cited throughout the piece. Link to the full article here. Excerpts below:
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San Antonio Express-News (editorial): No reason to bail out coal industry

Posted by Advanced Energy Economy on Jul 27, 2018

This San Antonio Express-News editorial looks at the recently released The Brattle Group Report, which estimates the costs of the current administration's coal bailout at $34 billion. AEE with funding from a coalition commissioned the report. Link to the full article here. Link to the Brattle Group Report here. Excerpts below:
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GreentechMedia: Top 10 Utility Regulation Trends of 2018—So Far

Posted by Coley Girouard on Jul 27, 2018

In this Greentech Media article (reposted from the AEE blog), AEE's Coley Girouard, Associate, Public Utility Commission Program, looks at the top 10 utility regulation trends of 2018—so far. Link to the full article here. Excerpts below:
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GreenBiz: 6 essential elements of successful utility renewable programs

Posted by Caitlin Marquis on Jul 26, 2018

Corporate demand for renewable energy is no longer a fringe issue talked about on the sidelines of the clean energy industry — it is a mainstream phenomenon, and growing quickly.As of 2016, 71 companies out of the Fortune 100 had set a clean energy or sustainability target, and these companies aren’t just talking the talk. By mid-2018, corporate buyers had signed contracts for over 11 gigawatts (GW) of projects since 2014, and put in hundreds of installations onsite.
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