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The Hottest Amenity From Developers? A Power Plant Made of Batteries.

Charged via rooftop solar panels, the cells form a network that provides a building with backup electricity and that utilities can tap during peak periods. By Patrick SissonPublished March 3, 2021  Updated March 5, 2021 Soleil Lofts, an apartment development in suburban Salt Lake City, offers a lot of amenities — pools, three spas, a basketball …

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Governor warns Colorado utilities again over storm-surge fees as Xcel tallies request at $264 per customer

Gov. Jared Polis says Colorado customers should not have to pay for a Valentine’s Day spike if no one told them to turn off the lights. Xcel, meanwhile, is defending its strategy. Michael Booth5:20 PM MST on Mar 2, 2021 As Xcel Energy alerted the governor they may seek more than $250 from their average …

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A Texas city had a bold new climate plan – until a gas company got involved

The fossil fuel industry is using the same playbook to fight city climate plans around the country Emily Holden for Floodlight, Amal Ahmed for the Texas Observer and Brendan Gibbons for San Antonio ReportMon 1 Mar 2021 06.00 ESTLast modified on Mon 1 Mar 2021 09.18 EST When the city of Austin drafted a plan to shift away from fossil …

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World’s Biggest Provider of Wind & Solar Energy: More Valuable than Exxon Mobil

Story Posted by Editor David on Saturday October 10, 2020 @07:34PM on SlashDot (see story here). The world’s biggest provider of wind and solar energy is now more valuable than the giant oil company Exxon Mobil, “once the largest public company on Earth,” reports Bloomberg: NextEra ended Wednesday with market value of $145 billion, topping …

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