PG&E Leads U.S. as Largest Solar Utility with More than 150,000 Solar Customer Installations...

Your utility rates seem to keep getting higher every year, don’t they? Yet sunlight is free and abundant.

Wind turbines and solar panels are an increasingly common sight. But why?

U.S. households burn vast amounts of fossil fuels on-site for home heating: 2.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, 2.9 billion.........

You may be reading this blog post in your dorm room, while your GPU is mining for Bitcoin using that zero marginal cost (nerd-speak for,,,,,

U.S. households and businesses use a whopping 11.5 quadrillion BTUs.....

With all that’s been happening in Washington DC, you may have taken your finger off the pulse of California climate change policy......

This has been a spring of leaks. Most of you probably heard about the hole at the Oroville Dam. In my house, we’ve had leaks in both.....

Natural gas is commonly called a “bridge” to a low carbon future. Why this metaphor? A bridge crosses over an obstacle......

I suspect that most energy economists think there are more unexploited opportunities for energy efficiency in homes than in firms.....

Two weeks ago on this blog, Max drew our attention to the fact that gas is too darn cheap. To underscore this point...

We bought them more than a decade ago. Several sets of Christmas lights. Every year we decorate the tree listening to.....

As we Californians snuggle up around our ethanol or natural gas powered fireplaces to survive the barbaric temperatures which are dipping...

Three years ago this week, Hurricane Sandy began forming in the Caribbean Sea. It went on to wallop several Caribbean islands and the...

I am frequently asked why people seem to dislike economists so much. It’s a complicated question to answer. There are lots of reasons.....

“Rural electrification” and “energy access” are catchphrases in many energy and development circles. Multilateral lending agencies.......

Air conditioning made lots of headlines this summer. In newspaper accounts, internet memes, and office gripe sessions....

I am not a fan of blanket statements. Whenever oil sands come up in casual conversation, many of my economist friends argue....

Sure, I’d like to see a tax on gasoline that reflects its greenhouse gases emissions. If we can’t or won’t do that.....

Nearly all the money has been spent, and the California Solar Initiative is winding down. The direct CSI subsidy for installing....