Tag: transportation

January 17, 2018

Widespread electrification is not only coming, it is likely necessary to decarbonize the global economy. “Mounting research suggests that aggressive electrification of energy end uses — such as space heating, water heating, and transportation — is needed if the United […]

January 25, 2017

California’s three major investor-owned utilities are already rolling out nearly $200 million in electric-vehicle charging infrastructure for apartments, workplaces and disadvantaged communities. Now they’re seeking permission to spend $1 billion more over the next five years — a move they […]

June 16, 2016

Electricity sales, as projected in the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s most recent Annual Energy Outlook(AEO2016) Reference case, increase in each sector through 2040. In 2015, 3.7 trillion kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity were sold, and total electricity sales are projected to […]

April 19, 2016

Total U.S. energy production increased for the sixth consecutive year. According to data in EIA’s most recentMonthly Energy Review, energy production reached a record 89 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), equivalent to 91% of total U.S. energy consumption. Liquid fuels […]

February 25, 2016

Much of today’s news about efforts to fight climate change revolves around the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants. Make no mistake, this […]

February 24, 2016

Based on estimates in the most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), vehicle travel in the United States in 2015 was almost 4% above its 2007 level, but motor gasoline consumption has not exceeded its previous peak in 2007. Improvements in […]