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Electricity


The future of data center electricity use and microgrids

The future of data center electricity use and microgrids

By Lynne Kiesling

Is the data center electricity future decentralized?

How AI and data center electricity use impact emission-reduction targets
How AI and data center electricity use impact emission-reduction targets

By Lynne Kiesling

Should data centers make or buy the electricity needed to meet AI demands?
Should data centers make or buy the electricity needed to meet AI demands?

By Lynne Kiesling

Data center electricity needs highlight the electricity industry’s lack of effective market signals and price mechanisms
Data center electricity needs highlight the electricity industry’s lack of effective market signals and price mechanisms

By Lynne Kiesling

Data center electricity use: Framing the problem
Data center electricity use: Framing the problem

By Lynne Kiesling

  • The 2021 Texas Power Crisis: What Happened and What Can Be Done to Avoid Another One?
    The 2021 Texas Power Crisis: What Happened and What Can Be Done to Avoid Another One?

    Policy Brief by Michael Giberson

  • How To Prevent Another Texas Power Failure
    How To Prevent Another Texas Power Failure

    Commentary by Michael Giberson

  • Nevada Ballot Initiative Analysis: Question 6 (2020)
    Nevada Ballot Initiative Analysis: Question 6 (2020)

    Voters' Guide by Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Hacking the United Kingdom’s Electricity Grid
    Hacking the United Kingdom’s Electricity Grid

    Commentary by Todd Myers

  • PG&E’s Settlement Won’t Fix Its Problems and Consumers Deserve Choices
    PG&E’s Settlement Won’t Fix Its Problems and Consumers Deserve Choices

    Commentary by Geoffrey Lawrence

  • The Truth About Electric Choice in Nevada
    The Truth About Electric Choice in Nevada

    Commentary by Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Permitting is Making Residential Solar Expensive and Reforms can Change That
    Permitting is Making Residential Solar Expensive and Reforms can Change That

    Commentary by Krisztina Pusok

  • Obama’s Clean Power Plan Is Bad News for California
    Obama’s Clean Power Plan Is Bad News for California

    Commentary by Tom Tanton and Julian Morris

  • Rebutting the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan’s Claims
    Rebutting the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan’s Claims

    Commentary by Julian Morris

Electricity Policy Studies

  • The 2021 Texas Power Crisis: What Happened and What Can Be Done to Avoid Another One?
    The 2021 Texas Power Crisis: What Happened and What Can Be Done to Avoid Another One?

    Policy Brief by Michael Giberson

  • Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Renewable Portfolio Standards
    Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Renewable Portfolio Standards

    Policy Study by Tom Tanton and Julian Morris

  • The Limits of Wind Power
    The Limits of Wind Power

    Policy Study by William J. Korchinski and Julian Morris

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