Clean Energy Finance Forum

This February 16 report tees up a looming study by the Tennessee Valley Authority that aims to find zones ready for clean energy.

This February 7 story tracks 100,000 announced hires to incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act, with tens of thousands in states whose senators voted against the bill.

In this December 1 update, the protectionist requirement in the United States' breakthrough climate policy starts softening to welcome more European suppliers.

A long November 17 audio report details one grant from a $350 million Federal batch to develop recycling and reuse of car batteries in a troubled Chicago neighborhood.

On January 25, the New York Times dug into plans by General Motors, Toyota and Ford to build and operate factories for electric vehicles and their batteries in the United States' manufacturing corridor.

The city's municipal utility, the Tennessee Valley Authority's largest customer, has launched a study to explore whether it can save money by breaking away from TVA, possibly by developing or buying renewable energy sources like solar and wind.

In January 2019, the District of Columbia passed the most ambitious clean energy legislation in the nation. However, local climate activists say the hard work is just beginning — they want to know who will lead the DC

A finance authority that uses innovative financing tecniques to help achieve clean energy and efficiency policy objectives by crowding in private investment. Although there is diversity in the scope and structure of green banks, they are often capitalized by public funds and have a regional jurisdiction. Source: Green Bank Network

and whether the law will benefit the least-privileged residents of the District.

More than a dozen states are adopting “community solar” programs that are bringing solar power and lower energy bills to low-income households from New York to California.

The Green New Deal that some Democrats are now championing is unlike anything this country has ever done before. But scientists have been studying policies like these for decades. And their research can tell us a bit about what might happen if we pass this sweeping new vision for climate action and economic equality.

This report reviews existing and emerging low- and moderate-income (LMI) community solar programs, discusses key questions related to program design, outlines how states can leverage incentives and finance structures to lower the cost of LMI community solar, and examines marketing and outreach considerations.