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‘Dragonscale’ Solar Shingles Will Power DC Community Solar Project

Solar for All Project Will Help Cut Electric Bills in Half for Low-income Families

Jun 28, 2022

The “dragonscale” solar shingles that power Google’s massive campus in Silicon Valley will soon produce power on the rooftop of a multifamily building in D.C.

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Conn. Environmental Advocates Urge Continued Commitment to TCI-P

Nov 28, 2021

Jason York

Connecticut Environmental advocates vow to maintain pressure on lawmakers to pass enabling legislation for the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program.

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DC’s Solar Markets Expanding in Low-income Neighborhoods

But District’s 100% Clean Energy Goal May Rely More on Renewable Credits, not New Projects

Sep 29, 2021

K Kaufmann

D.C.'s ambitious clean energy target — 100% by 2032 — has created a market for solar companies and utility bill savings for the city's low-income residents.

DC PSC Says Renewables Make Up 12.2% of City’s Fuel Mix

Jul 26, 2021

Martin Berman-Gorvine

D.C.'s progress toward a goal of 100% clean energy by 2032 faces challenge of city's lack of control over electricity supply.

A Low-Income Solar Program that Works

DC’s Solar For All Cuts Electric Bills in Half for 4,000 Residents — and Keeps Growing

Apr 28, 2021

K Kaufmann

The top floor of the parking structure at Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus in D.C. is now covered with a canopy of 2,500 solar panels that will produce enough power to cut electric bills in half for 325 low-income families across the city. The estimated savings for each family...

Cooling Urban Heat Islands with ‘Smart Surfaces’

Green Roofs, Porous Pavements Cut Heat, Emissions and Credit Risks

Apr 7, 2021

K Kaufmann

Take a look at two maps of the nation’s capital: one charting upper- and lower-income neighborhoods, and one charting surface temperatures in those areas. An unsettling pattern emerges. Wealthier areas of D.C. are cooler than lower-income areas, where asphalt, concrete and the lack of trees and green space create heat...

TCI Releases Draft Rule for Cap-and-Invest Program

Mar 1, 2021

Jennifer Delony

The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) on Monday released a draft model rule for a cap-and-invest program that Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia have agreed to launch for their regions. Release of the draft kicks off a multiyear, multijurisdictional effort to define the framework for the...

NE States, DC Sign MOU to Cut Transportation Pollution

TCI-P Seeks to <a name="_Hlk59455547"></a>Modernize Transportation, Combat Climate Change

Dec 21, 2020

Jason York

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and D.C. signed a memorandum of understanding Monday to launch the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P), which aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles by 26% from 2022 to 2032 and invest $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices and public health improvements.

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‘Dragonscale’ Solar Shingles Will Power DC Community Solar Project

Conn. Environmental Advocates Urge Continued Commitment to TCI-P

DC’s Solar Markets Expanding in Low-income Neighborhoods

DC PSC Says Renewables Make Up 12.2% of City’s Fuel Mix

A Low-Income Solar Program that Works

Cooling Urban Heat Islands with ‘Smart Surfaces’

TCI Releases Draft Rule for Cap-and-Invest Program

NE States, DC Sign MOU to Cut Transportation Pollution

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