The June 2 release of EPA’s proposed rule to reduce carbon emissions, with its approval of a range of advanced energy technologies for compliance, has raised all sorts of questions. In an examination of what it all means for energy efficiency and demand response, Utility Dive talked to Malcolm Woolf, SVP of policy and government affairs at AEE, who described some of the ways these advanced energy technologies can tap new economic value under EPA’s draft rule.
“Investments in efficiency lengthen your other investments,” Woolf said. Energy efficiency and demand response are products “that the grid does not yet really monetize, but that we can monetize, and I think this EPA rule will help us do that.”
Elon Musk skyrocketed back into the news this week with major announcements from both his advanced energy companies. Late last week, Tesla Motors 
At the Edison Electric Institute’s annual convention this week, Warren Buffett briefly forgot how many billions of dollars his investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway, has invested in solar and wind projects. As 
This week, the top story centered on EPA’s release of its draft carbon emissions rule for existing power plants. We have already covered that story in depth in this week’s 
With the expected June 2 announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fast approaching, the media turned its attention this week to the impending draft carbon regulations for existing electric power plants – and to the political battles that will likely ensue. The journalistic term for articles previewing an upcoming event is “curtain raiser,” and for EPA’s draft guideline for greenhouse gas regulation, there were plenty of curtains raised this week.