K Kaufmann

U.S. Marine Corps

+14

ExFOB Memories: Why the U.S. military has long been a clean energy leader

Feb 13, 2026

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10 min read

ExFOB Memories: Why the U.S. military has long been a clean energy leader

And why coal-fired power will not ensure national security

K Kaufmann

Way past incremental: What extreme weather events really tell us

Feb 6, 2026

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7 min read

Way past incremental: What extreme weather events really tell us

Thoughts on hurricanes, polar vortexes and the low-hanging fruit of climate action

K Kaufmann

Helioplant

+11

Feb 2, 2026

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12 min read

Good News – oh boy, do we need it!

Looking for hope in a frozen, troubled landscape with cool stories about clean energy

K Kaufmann

trust

Jan 16, 2026

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11 min read

Who Can We Trust on the Data Center/Demand Growth Story, and Why?

An examination of the elements and speed of trust

K Kaufmann

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

Trump's Next Target in Latin America: Clean Energy?

Jan 9, 2026

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10 min read

Trump's Next Target in Latin America: Clean Energy?

The region has abundant sun, wind and hydropower and loves Chinese EVs

K Kaufmann

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Energy Literacy: 3 + 6 things you need to know about permitting

Dec 19, 2025

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14 min read

Energy Literacy: 3 + 6 things you need to know about permitting

Who do we trust to make the rules about the future of our electric power system?

K Kaufmann

Burning Man

This Off-grid Solar and Storage System is the Coolest Thing Ever

Dec 12, 2025

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9 min read

This Off-grid Solar and Storage System is the Coolest Thing Ever

How Dragon Wings is set to make temporary solar indispensable, affordable and beautiful

K Kaufmann

Why Chris Wright Won’t Say ‘Renewable Energy’

Dec 5, 2025

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9 min read

Why Chris Wright Won’t Say ‘Renewable Energy’

Possibly because 1,622 GW of solar, wind and storage are waiting to go online

K Kaufmann

East Kentucky Power Cooperative

The Maryland PSC, RECs and a 48-year-old dam in Kentucky

Nov 24, 2025

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11 min read

The Maryland PSC, RECs and a 48-year-old dam in Kentucky

Or what I found out spending 5 minutes on my utility commission website

K Kaufmann

electrek

+11

E/lectrify’s Cool News on Clean Energy — the COP30 edition

Nov 14, 2025

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10 min read

E/lectrify’s Cool News on Clean Energy — the COP30 edition

Solar parking in Korea, curbside charging in NYC and hydrogen-producing panels in Belgium

K Kaufmann

energy literacy

Nov 7, 2025

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13 min read

Energy Literacy: 5 or 6 things you need to know about utility commissions

The history, the politics and those damned gnarly rate cases

K Kaufmann

hosting capacity

Energy Literacy: Why utility commissions take forever to do anything

Oct 30, 2025

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10 min read

Energy Literacy: Why utility commissions take forever to do anything

The ongoing saga of a report on the delays and high costs of going solar in D.C.

K Kaufmann

Re:Vision Architecture

Changing the Energy Metanarrative: How Maryland could do it

Oct 23, 2025

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9 min read

Changing the Energy Metanarrative: How Maryland could do it

Notes on micronarratives at the MCEC Clean Energy Summit

K Kaufmann

energy insecurity

+14

Our rising electric bills and why we need a national loading order

Oct 6, 2025

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10 min read

Our rising electric bills and why we need a national loading order

It's time to stop blaming and start asking the right questions

K Kaufmann

Sep 26, 2025

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1 min read

The Greening of DC's Howard Theatre -- Correction

K Kaufmann

Trump and the Greening of DC's Howard Theatre

Sep 26, 2025

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9 min read

Trump and the Greening of DC's Howard Theatre

An African American cultural hub sets the pace for clean energy upgrades in the nation’s capital

K Kaufmann

Chevy

+11

Sep 19, 2025

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6 min read

EVs and Another Inconvenient Truth

Changing the narrative on climate and EV charging

K Kaufmann

RE+

Renewables in Las Vegas: Alive, Well and Ready to Fight

Sep 12, 2025

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9 min read

Renewables in Las Vegas: Alive, Well and Ready to Fight

Sensory overload, solar sheep and the latest AI apps for clean energy at RE+

K Kaufmann

interconnection queues

+13

Energy Literacy: 7 things you need to know about RTOs and ISOs

Sep 5, 2025

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13 min read

Energy Literacy: 7 things you need to know about RTOs and ISOs

Breaking through the wonk and jargon on how the grid is controlled behind the scenes

K Kaufmann

Solar For All

+25

What’s Next for Solar?: Clean Energy’s Ginormous Conference in Vegas

Aug 28, 2025

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10 min read

What’s Next for Solar?: Clean Energy’s Ginormous Conference in Vegas

The stories, technologies and trends to watch at RE+

K Kaufmann

Coalition for Community Solar Access

DC's Solar For All: The pioneering program that cuts electric bills in half

Aug 21, 2025

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10 min read

DC's Solar For All: The pioneering program that cuts electric bills in half

How the nation's capital builds community solar under Trump's nose

K Kaufmann

Chevy

EV Wars: Why can’t US automakers produce EVs for under $30K?

Aug 15, 2025

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10 min read

EV Wars: Why can’t US automakers produce EVs for under $30K?

A rant on consumer choice, SUVs and Ford’s electric ‘Model T’ moment

K Kaufmann

El Paso Electric Company

+10

Aug 7, 2025

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13 min read

The E/lectrify Utility Bill Survey

A brief, selective and totally unscientific look at reading utility bills -- with pictures

K Kaufmann

International Energy Agency

Aug 1, 2025

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9 min read

Don't let OBBBA get you down!

Cool stories on the unstoppable growth of clean energy

K Kaufmann

energy literacy

Jul 24, 2025

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7 min read

How Utilities Spend Your Money –

And the gap between corporate profits and consumer priorities

K Kaufmann