Published

3 years ago

November 4, 2023

Alice Rush

October 30, 2023

ACORE Commends DOE For Critical Transmission Investments and Analysis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the first round of Transmission Facilitation Program capacity contract awards and released the final National Transmission Needs Study today, two important actions to help accelerate the pace of transmission development nationwide. Following is a statement from Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE):

“The expansion and modernization of our national power grid is central to meeting our urgent climate and energy security goals. The interregional transmission line projects that DOE awarded today would add approximately 3,500 megawatts of capacity to the grid, enabling more low-cost clean energy to power America’s homes and businesses while creating thousands of good-paying jobs. We commend the Biden-Harris administration for this historic investment.

“ACORE also agrees wholeheartedly with the findings of the National Transmission Needs Study, which shows that we must more than double our regional transmission capacity and expand by more than fivefold our interregional transmission capabilities by 2035 to realize the full economic benefits and clean energy potential of the Inflation Reduction Act. This analysis demonstrates how vital transmission expansion is to accelerating the renewable transition, enhancing national security, and ensuring electric reliability and resilience.”

About ACORE:
For more than 20 years, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) has been the nation’s premier pan-renewable nonprofit organization. ACORE unites finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy. For more information, please visit www.acore.org.

Media Contacts:

Alex Hobson
Sr. Vice President, Communications
American Council on Renewable Energy
hobson@acore.org | 202.777.7584 (o) | 202.594.0706 (c)

Dylan Helms
Associate, Communications
American Council on Renewable Energy
helms@acore.org | 202.891.7868 (o) | 727.290.8804 (c)

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Renewable Energy

Cage Fighting on the White House Lawn

Published

11 hours ago

June 14, 2026

Alice Rush

Maybe turning the White House into an attraction for the country’s least educated people (some say “trailer trash”) isn’t a good idea. It’s often referred to as the most demeaning moment in U.S history.

But let’s be real. Our nation is at its lowest point since its founding. Maybe we can, as a country, use this moment of extreme degradation as alcoholics refer to as “hitting rock bottom.”

https://www.2greenenergy.com/2026/06/14/white-house-lawn/

Renewable Energy

An Encounter on Tariffs

Published

12 hours ago

June 14, 2026

Alice Rush

I met a fellow earlier today who, with a partner, owns and runs a company that imports a wide variety of goods into the United States from China.

I asked him, naively, how tariffs are affecting him. He said, “Well, until recently, taxes on our goods were 3.5%; now they’re 45%. I pass most of this this on to my (retailer) customer, and he passes it on to you. If you’re wondering why the price of a stick of deodorant has just gone through the roof, you’ve just figured it out.”

In retrospect, I shouldn’t have brought it up in the first place.

An Encounter on Tariffs

Renewable Energy

Trevor Noah

Published

15 hours ago

June 14, 2026

Alice Rush

I met a gentleman from South Africa yesterday, and I told him that I’m sure he knows that Trevor Noah is a huge thing here in the U.S.

He replied that he doesn’t like Trevor Noah and explained that he doesn’t think politics and comedy should be mixed.

I thought that to be peculiar, as political humor has been a big deal here for centuries, and has grown mightily since the 1970s. Think of Saturday Night Live and all the late-night television hosts that have come along and achieved huge popularity.

More to the point, this is Trevor Noah’s brand. It’s what he does–and sells for a living. It’s like Nike and its swoosh and it’s “Just do it” slogan.

I have a feeling that what he objects to is the mixing of left-wing politics and comedy, because he doesn’t like to see progressive ideas promoted in society.

https://www.2greenenergy.com/2026/06/14/trevor-noah/