bordeneCalifornia’s Wildfire Silos Hurt Utility RatepayersThe threat to Californians from wildfires is clear, present, and obvious. As I sit here, the Chaparral Fire burns in the distance, less…6 min read·Sep 9, 2021----
bordeneThe Failure of Battery Storage in California — and How to Fix ItBattery storage is often hailed as the messiah of the electric grid, or slightly less dramatically, bacon, because adding it “makes…3 min read·Dec 3, 2020----
bordeneWill EVs Lower Your Energy Bill?Imagine that instead of the wave of jealousy you feel when you see your neighbor driving that newly minted Tesla (just me?), a feeling of…3 min read·Aug 13, 2019----
bordeneWill California Cry Wolf About the Duck? 2019 Edition.Last year I wrote a blog about the California “duck curve,” our state animal to think or freak out about solar production and curtailment…2 min read·May 13, 2019----
bordeneSDG&E Shows its Hand on Electric Vehicles, Prioritizing Profits Over its Customers and the…In January 2017, San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) submitted an Application to the California Public Utilities Commission to collect over…3 min read·Feb 25, 2019----
bordeneDon’t Let Utilities ‘Anchor’ Our WalletsBehavioral economics provides a scientific foundation for why humans behave the way we do, particularly when we’re stupid (OK, irrational)…3 min read·Dec 11, 2018----
bordeneWill California Cry Wolf About the Duck?The narrative about California’s renewable energy efforts is often one part doom, two parts gloom. In a story on KQED I heard recently…2 min read·Sep 12, 2018----
bordeneStrong Rhetoric on Income Inequality Fails to Produce ResultsBoth sides of the divide agree — income inequality in the U.S. is out of control and something needs to be done about it. This was the key…4 min read·Dec 4, 2017--1--1
bordeneCalifornia Electric Bills — A Tale of Two StatesBy Marcel Hawiger and Eric Borden5 min read·Mar 10, 2017----
bordeneShould Utilities Procure Distributed Energy Resources Instead of Investing in the Grid?As distributed energy resources (DER’s), particularly solar PV and battery storage, come down in cost and increase in penetration, they are…5 min read·Jan 11, 2017----