PUBLICATIONS

Cultivation of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes is a growing source of energy consumption and carbon emissions, but several barriers prevent the industry from investing in energy efficiency and renewable energy. This white paper offers a series of recommendations to utilities, the public utility commissions that regulate them, state and local governments, and marijuana business associations to promote greener, more efficient energy use.… read more »

EQ Research contributed data to Clean Edge’s 2016 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index, which tracks and ranks the clean tech activities of all 50 states – from electric vehicles and renewables adoption to policy and investment activity. … read more »

In partnership with Vote Solar and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, EQ Research conducted research and analysis of state net metering and interconnection standards. Freeing the Grid is an annual report card that rates all 50 states on these two key clean energy policies.… read more »

Weak reporting requirements for net metering in some U.S. states are needlessly creating murky market conditions for distributed solar PV and other renewables. This study describes net metering reporting requirements and practices in 13 U.S. states, and offers nine recommendations for improving such requirements and practices.… read more »

Even as distributed PV systems become increasingly common, utilities’ interconnection processes are often lengthy and problematic. This report compares utilities’ interconnection timelines, with a focus on post-construction “permission to operate.”… read more »

EQ Research contributed data to Clean Edge’s 2015 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index, which tracks and ranks the clean tech activities of all 50 states – from electric vehicles and renewables adoption to policy and investment activity. … read more »

In partnership with the Interstate Renewable Energy Council and Keyes, Fox & Wiedman LLP, EQ Research contributed to this report, which offers independent insight on how to address challenges and opportunities related to distributed energy storage.… read more »

In partnership with the Interstate Renewable Energy Council and Keyes, Fox & Wiedman LLP, EQ Research contributed to this comprehensive toolkit on retail solar PPAs to help overcome the common challenges and costs associated with these transactions.… read more »

Despite numerous challenges, 2013 represented a year of overall progress for state RPS policies. This article quantifies the impacts of RPS legislation enacted by states.… read more »

In this report, we took inventory of RPS legislation considered by U.S. states in 2013. The report concluded that despite attacks on existing RPS policies around the country, states continued to advance their renewables pursuits.… read more »