Blog posts
COP26 Final Observations: The Long and Winding Road
IGS Blog | The 26th United Nations Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, better known as COP26, has made dozens of headlines in the last three weeks.
Live From COP26 with the ISE’s Peter Fox-Penner, November 2, 2021
IGS Blog | Updates from Boston University’s COP26 delegation.
Prioritizing Gateway Cities in Massachusetts’ Transition to Renewable Energy
IGS Blog | The energy transition is a vital economic development opportunity for industrial legacy cities.
Achieving Equity With Community Choice Aggregation: Four Recommendations
IGS Blog | Community Choice Aggregation programs can help achieve energy justice, as long as they are structured to champion energy democracy and community benefits.
Green Steel: Make Electric Vehicles Greener
IGS Blog | President Biden just announced last week that the administration looks to make half of new vehicle sales electric vehicles by 2030.
China’s Clean Energy Transition Plan Should Have Been More Ambitious and More Aspirational to the World
IGS Blog | In the most recently released “China’s 14th Five-Year Plan” (the Plan), covering the years 2021-2025, one welcome highlight is its focus on decarbonization and energy efficiency.
Four Principles to Reform Federal Policy and Unlock Clean Energy Innovation
IGS Blog | Climate requires the federal government to step up its game on energy innovation—working with industry to reduce risk, accelerate technology commercialization, and promote manufacturing (“innovate here, manufacture here”).
Should Methane Emissions Regulations Be Prescriptive or Performance Based?
IGS Blog | Regulatory shortcomings have led to inadequate methane reductions in the U.S.
Utility Planning Lessons from Texas: Four Recommendations
IGS Blog | Recommended new approaches to ensuring reliability and resilience in planning for high-impact common mode events.
The Postal Service’s Gas-guzzling New Mail Truck: Electric Versions May Be Closer Than They Appear
IGS Blog | The sooner Congress signals—with its wallet—that the future NGDV is electric, the better.