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When presented with the task of writing this specific blog, ideas overwhelmed me.  I could discuss consumer decisions, President Obama’s address to Congress, carbon’s role in the coming year, or new buildings incorporating renewable and sustainable ideas.  As you can see, my mind was a flurry of neuron transmissions.  But, I decided I wanted my topic to be much closer to Community Energy, our Customer.

Community Energy has over...

Community Energy has been working with electric utilities for ten years (Happy Anniversary!).   I have had the privilege of working with our utility partners for four, and we are proud to be part of some very successful green power partnerships.  This has given me the opportunity to experience the internal cogs of some utilities.

One thing to be said for any big company is that change can be slow to happen, utility companies...

You celebrate a traditional Valentine’s Day – flowers, candy, a romantic dinner – but this Valentine’s Day, you are dating an environmentalist.  If you are, you know what I’m talking about.  You look at every item before you throw it out to see whether you can reuse, recycle or, compost it.  You check sockets to see if the appliance HAS to be plugged in.  You purchase RECs or Carbon Offsets.  Everything in the...

Two weeks ago, Al Gore returned to Capitol Hill to press the case for quick action on climate change legislation, particularly the components in President Obama’s stimulus package that he feels will spur renewable energy and energy efficiency investments.

His accomplishments and impact on the debate are well known by now, and the world is preparing for the next round of climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December. With the former vice...

The other day I was reading the US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) Blueprint for Legislative Action on climate change. USCAP is a coalition of major corporations (like GE, Ford and PepsiCo) and highly-regarded environmental NGOs (like The Nature Conservancy and the Natural Resources Defense Council), so this is a group that stands to have some major influence on the final form of national climate change legislation.

USCAP is pushing for...