Potential Dangers of Blending Hydrogen and Natural Gas in Pipelines

Could blending hydrogen with natural gas help decarbonize the natural gas supply chain?

This 4-page fact sheet outlines the potential dangers of blending hydrogen and natural gas in pipelines. These dangers include hydrogen’s corrosive effects on pipeline materials, its tendency to leak, and its highly explosive nature.

Hydrogen blending is also inefficient and costly: a 30 percent blend of hydrogen into the natural gas system could almost double costs per megawatt-hour for power plants, and would not effectively lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Reducing natural gas use in the US is crucial to reach necessary emissions reduction goals, but hydrogen blending …

Rooftop Solar Reduces Costs for All Ratepayers

As California policy makers seek to address energy affordability in 2025, new research shows why rooftop solar can and has helped control rate escalation. This research stands in direct contrast to claims that rooftop solar is to blame for rising rates. This report shows that the real reason electricity rates have increased dramatically in recent years is out of control utility spending and utility profit making, enabled by a lack of proper oversight by regulators. …

Optimizing Energy Resilience to Support Medically Vulnerable Residents in Multifamily Affordable Housing

Power outages can quickly turn into a health crisis for the millions of Americans that rely on electricity for home medical devices, including life-support equipment (such as dialysis machines and ventilators) and technologies for independent living (such as electric wheelchairs, refrigeration for medicine, and internet for telehealth appointments). Many electricity-dependent residents live in multifamily affordable housing communities, yet affordable housing providers have limited access to programs that advance the development and affordability of backup power resources.

This report outlines opportunities for solar paired with battery storage to maintain electricity to essential services, both in-unit and in communal spaces, at multifamily …

Rebalancing “Return on Equity” to Accelerate an Affordable Clean Energy Future

Achieving a rapid, just, and affordable energy transition will take balance. There are a host of regulatory, legislative, strategic, and financial levers and tools worth exploring and using to realize this clean energy future. One component of utility regulation in which reform can play a crucial role is the allowed return on equity (ROE), or the allowed rate of profit (%) on capital investments made by regulated utilities.

As background, evidence suggests that allowed utility ROEs have become increasingly generous over the past few decades. In fact, since the 1990s they have fallen less than prevailing interest rates and costs …

Application Guide: SEPA Interoperability Profile for Electric Vehicle Fleet Managed Charging Utilizing IEEE 2030.5-2018

This Application Guide provides the ‘how to’ information for implementing the SEPA Interoperability Profile for EV Fleet Managed Charging using an open industry standard communication protocol, IEEE 2030.5-2018.

SEPA’s Interoperability Profile Task Force, SEPA’s Interoperability Working Group, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), collaborated on an arc of research to develop and demonstrate a process that starts with a concept documented in a use case, elicits and defines interoperability requirements in a Profile, and then completes the exercise with accompanying implementation guidance in an Application Guide.…

How “Power Couples” Can Help the United States Win the Global AI Race

The race is on to power the artificial intelligence revolution. AI’s strategic importance to national security and American economic competitiveness is making headlines, but at the same time, companies looking to build out very large data centers are struggling to find enough electric power. Inadequate and outdated market and regulatory processes have led to wait times of nearly five years to get grid access for new generation and lead times of eight years or more to build out new transmission infrastructure.

Big tech companies working to bring data centers online quickly have tried siting these large loads alongside existing power …

A Wide Array of Resources is Needed to Meet Growing U.S. Energy Demand

Annual peak electricity demand in the U.S. is expected to increase 30% over the next decade, and a wide variety of resources is needed to support that and the associated economic growth; renewables and storage are ready now. A portfolio of all forms of energy resources can meet demand reliably and most cost effectively, but not all are available today.

Elimination of clean energy credits would raise customer rates, reduce economic growth and eliminate jobs. Eliminating or altering clean energy credits would dramatically reduce investment in low-cost solar and wind generation, hurting economic growth.…

Accelerating Zero-Emission Trucking Policies: A Global Policy Handbook with a Roadmap for India

With global trucking demand expected to double by 2050, transitioning to zero-emission trucks (ZETs) is critical to reducing emissions, improving public health, and enhancing energy security. While ZET sales are gaining momentum — global sales surged by 170 percent since 2020 — many regions remain in the early stages of adoption, requiring a dedicated push for ZET-specific policy measures. This report provides a comprehensive policy handbook, detailing how demand, supply, and infrastructure-related interventions can accelerate ZET adoption.

Drawing from successful global case studies, the report illustrates how targeted policies can de-risk investment and scale up adoption, providing valuable insights for …

Recommendations for Implementation of the EU-CRCF Regulation

IETA welcomes the adoption of the EU Carbon Removals Carbon Farming (EU-CRCF) regulation, the first instrument of its kind to establish a framework for the certification and quality of carbon removals in the EU. Alongside robust and sustained efforts to boost emission reduction levers, carbon removals are essential to deliver the net in net-zero emissions by providing abatement options for hard-to-abate sectors and driving continued emissions market liquidity. In this context, the EU-CRCF regulation will be the cornerstone for high-quality carbon removals in the EU. …

Unlocking Capital for Zero Emission Trucks: Case Studies from Global Markets

In India, one of the major barriers to early ZET adoption is access to finance. Securing commercial loans for ZETs is more challenging, often with higher interest rates compared to diesel trucks. Investor hesitancy is driven by the risks associated with ZET technology, which is still new and lacks operational proof points. To address this, innovative financial solutions are needed to improve capital accessibility and reduce ownership costs. The government’s INR 500 Crore allocation under the PM E-Drive Scheme is a significant step, and now is the time to unlock private lending to support steady ZET adoption.

Globally, key ZET …