Energy News for the Washington DC Market
By: Bill Bottiggi |
This week, Boston welcomes the Quadrennial Energy Review roadshow to town for a stakeholder engagement meeting.
The QER process began in January 2014 when President Obama issued a memorandum directing the administration to translate energy-related policy goals into recommended actions through 2018. Season one of the QER, which ran in 2015, […]
By: Mark Segraves |
Energy companies are barred from shutting down D.C. residents’ power on the coldest days of the year — and may soon be barred from turning off service on the hottest days as well.
D.C. […]
By: Allison Clements |
Electric customers in the Mid-Atlantic region may be missing out on $433 million in annual utility bill savings over the next three years – as much as $1.3 billion** – because their transmission grid operator seems to be undercounting the impact of energy efficiency programs that avoid the need for […]
By: SustainableBusiness.com |
Sustainable DC is experimenting with kinetically-powered pavers, where pedestrians create electricity as they walk along the road.
100 kinetic pavers scattered along the road will generate 456 kilowatts of energy a year, enough to light the new 850 square foot Connecticut Avenue Overlook Parklet, south of Dupont Circle.
At a cost of $200,000, […]