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Emitting Real Change into Boston’s EV Infrastructure

Emitting Real Change into Boston’s EV Infrastructure

On December 16th, 2021 AEG Stakeholders met in Boston at Holland & Knight offices to identify the most critical mobility and transportation obstacles that the state and city must overcome in order to achieve its carbon and equity goals. At the forefront of this discussion was how to prioritize infrastructure investments to eliminate MHDV pollution emissions by 2030 while prioritizing community health and welfare.

Social Equity in Mobility: Can Chicago Achieve More Equitable Clean Transit in 2022?

Social Equity in Mobility: Can Chicago Achieve More Equitable Clean Transit in 2022?

Leaders across Chicago’s clean energy and transportation sectors gathered last December for AEG Chicago’s Mobility and Transportation Stakeholder Challenge. The primary focus of the discussion? How to achieve greater social equity in mobility.

Less Zoom, More Mobility: AEG Washington 21Q4 Recap

Less Zoom, More Mobility: AEG Washington 21Q4 Recap

After a year and a half of zooming through remote collaboration AEG Stakeholders gathered in-person for the AEG Washington 21Q4 Stakeholder Challenge on Mobility & Transportation. Many great obstacles were presented by our Speaker Challengers, but ultimately only one was selected as the most critical to overcome in 12 months.

Small-Scale Distributed Energy Resources Are Upending Washington D.C.’s Power Grid As We Know It

Small-Scale Distributed Energy Resources Are Upending Washington D.C.’s Power Grid As We Know It

As climate change continues to ravage the globe, areas like the District of Columbia are committed to a shift from traditional power generation (such as coal, natural gas and nuclear) to renewable generation sources. In fact, the District’s Clean Energy DC Plan has set some of the most aggressive goals nationwide, with a plan to halve carbon emissions and transition to 100% renewable energy by 2032. This comes with a host of obstacles to overcome, namely, data access and transmission interconnection barriers.

AEG has worked tirelessly to convene leaders to address these challenges. Last week, Stakeholders convened for the AEG Washington 21Q3 Stakeholder Challenge on Grid Modernization to do just that.

New York City’s Electrification Journey: Three Major Obstacles

New York City’s Electrification Journey: Three Major Obstacles

New York City’s building stock is about to set off a journey of electrification. However, this journey comes with countless obstacles. There are countless concerns regarding the reliability, technology, grid support and cost.

With help from representatives of the New York City Housing Authority, Jaros Baum & Bolles (JB&B), BlocPower and ConEdison, here are the most critical obstacles we identified at last quarter’s AEG New York 21Q2 Stakeholder Challenge on Buildings & Construction…