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June 14, 2023
Kate Aronoff
We Can’t Have a Green Revolution Without Fixing Our Electric Grid
Our grid is a mess. Its formation could teach us how to fix it.
December 13, 2022
Dorothy Slater
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Incentive Structure Keeps Residents Hooked on Fossil Fuels
The federally owned utility company could be leading the clean energy transition. Instead, it’s poisoning the countryside.
June 2, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Is Puerto Rico About to Give Another Terrible Energy Contract to an American Company?
Prepa, the island’s electric power company, and FEMA have found themselves embroiled in scandal before.

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