Proposed Carbon Tax with Consumer Dividend Join us on January 14th at 7 PM for a presentation by Dr. Roger Kuhns about a carbon tax proposal and dividend being advocated by Citizens Climate Lobby. Dr. … Read more
Community Choice Aggregation Can Provide a Cleaner Grid and Lower Electric Rates EVs enable us to drive with zero emissions. But EVs can be an even cleaner choice when the electricity used to charge the … Read more
Spike in Model 3 Rebates leads to Slightly Stronger Rebate Activity in September The September data were published on Friday, Oct. 30th, and show 84 rebates awarded with a $104,000 spend. Also, August was restated … Read more
Center for Latino Progress presents Multimodal Transit Summit on November 23rd, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM This worthwhile summit explores sustainable and equitable transportation policies for a post-pandemic world. It is a full-day deep-dive. Local … Read more
Few CHEAPR Rebates Given in August Another tepid, desultory, underwhelming (I’m running out of adjectives – feel free to help in the comments) month for the CHEAPR program with only 40 rebates given out and … Read more
An E-bike Pilot Among the suggestions offered by members of the new CHEAPR board has been a pilot project for e-bike rebates.[1] This is most strongly advocated by those who are focused on lower-income households, … Read more
The CHEAPR board virtually convened for their first meeting since late January to consider what the program should look like going forward. To briefly recap recent history, changes were made to the rebate parameters on … Read more
Rebates at Lowest Level Ever The lowest number of monthly rebates since its inception has been awarded by CHEAPR in April 2020, a not so grand total of 13, down from 90 in March. There … Read more
The EV Roadmap prepared by the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is a dense, 104-page document. We recommend reading it if you have the time. But for those who want to cut to … Read more
EVs = Clean Air “If I could wave my magic wand and we all had electric cars tomorrow, I think this is what the air would look like,” said Ronald Cohen, a professor of atmospheric … Read more