Strengthening Offshore Wind Community Engagement: Recommendations for State Agencies
This report, coauthored by Equnival Partners and informed by a CESA-led working group of state agencies and community-based organizations, offers concrete steps that state agencies can take to meaningfully engage with communities as states plan for offshore wind projects. These recommendations provide a roadmap for communities to shape how they benefit from investments in offshore wind power.
Read more...Load Growth: What States Are Doing to Accommodate Increasing Electric Demand
This report surveys the causes of electricity load growth and outlines what the states are doing to meet the challenge.
Read more...Meaningful Household Savings: Best Practices for Achieving Equitable Solar Development
This report compiles research on best practices for designing solar programs that provide meaningful benefits to low-and-moderate income households. The report examines different types of solar projects, including residential-serving community solar, rooftop solar, and installations serving multifamily affordable housing. It includes six case studies and information about savings verification.
Read more...Energy Storage Program Design for Peak Demand Reduction
This issue brief, released by Clean Energy Group and CESA, outlines best practices and lessons learned for state policymakers and regulators engaged in developing energy storage peak demand reduction programs. The brief explores key elements of program design, such as incentive mechanisms and dispatch methods, as well as considerations for incentivizing load reduction versus power export, and peak demand reduction versus emission reduction.
Read more...Bridging the Gap: How Emerging State Policies are Making Energy Storage Affordable and Accessible
This report from CESA and Sandia National Labs compiles the results of independent research, providing a summary of emerging affordability and accessibility approaches in leading state energy storage programs. It is intended as a reference material that can be used in state energy storage policymaking across diverse geographical and regulatory jurisdictions.
Read more...Best Practices for Equitable Stakeholder Engagement in State Solar Programs
This document seeks to help state government officials create and/or expand their processes for equitably engaging with communities when developing and deploying solar programs.
Read more...US Community-Based Organizations and Solar: A Series of Reports
CESA has released a series of reports based on the findings of a nationwide survey of community-based organizations (CBOs). The survey, which included dozens of questions, yielded rich, nuanced information about the landscape of CBOs, their attitudes and experiences.
Read more...2024 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards: Case Studies of Four Exemplary State Programs that Demonstrate the Benefits of Innovation, Inclusion, and Investment
This report is a series of case studies highlighting the four winners of the 2024 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards.
Read more...Implementing Washington, DC’s Solar for All Program: An Example of Equitable Solar Outreach and Consumer Education
Washington, DC’s Solar for All program aims to benefit over 100,000 households with incomes at or below 80% of area median income. This case study profiles the program and the ways its administrators have handled outreach and consumer education over the program’s seven-year history.
Read more...Battery Storage for Fossil-Fueled Peaker Plant Replacement: A Maine Case Study
This analysis demonstrates that battery storage can cost effectively replace aging fossil-fueled peaker power plants in New England.
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