Research Portfolio: Briana Leone

This essay will be subdivided into thematic groupings of the artifacts that were collected between the period of March 2020 and February 2021.

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Energy Insecurity and Vulnerability

ACEEE Report - National Energy Burdens Across Subgroups
Pa. electricity prices will be rising by as much as 50% this week. Here’s how you can save.
White House offering more aid for winter heat, utility bills
Philly steam-loop owner accuses city’s gas utility of ‘predatory, anti-competitive’ conduct
ECA's Fall Newsletter
As water bills rise, PWSA ramps up efforts to help low-income customers
Energy Poverty - Animated Video
Recognition of and response to energy poverty in the United States
ECA Legal and Community Supports
Lifting the High Energy Burden in America’s Largest Cities: How Energy Efficiency Can Improve Low Income and Underserved Communities
LIHEAP Clearinghouse - History of LIHEAP
Berry et al. - Investigating Fuel Poverty - 2016
Sociodemographic disparities in energy insecurity among low-income households before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Squatting for survival in Philadelphia: What it’s like to live in a ‘takeover house’
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Berry et al. - Three Levels of Fuel Exposition - 2016
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Berry et al. - Level of Exposition to Fuel Poverty - 2016
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Berry et al. - Household Fuel Spendings Against Income - 2016
Vulnerable Census Tracts
‘Like an asteroid struck’: Bella Vista residents survey damage after massive water main break
30-inch water main break floods South Philadelphia streets

Energy Justice

Report: Black households spend almost 50 percent more on utilities than white households
Utility shutoffs should be a rallying cry for justice
Anti-Resilience: A Roadmap for Transformational Justice within the Energy System
Parks are Critical Urban Infrastructure: Perception and Use of Urban Green Spaces in NYC During COVID-19

Home Energy

What to Do When You Can’t Pay Your Utility Bill
Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) - Household Energy Insecurity 2015
How Covid-19 Has Changed The Way Americans Use Energy
Report: Black households spend almost 50 percent more on utilities than white households
Performance incentive mechanisms can support broad policy goals, RMI finds
Bice: Supervisor apologizes for using Cardi B's raunchy 'WAP' video to promote county weatherization program
Can We Stop Paying Utility Bills for a Bit?
North Dakota, Minnesota at opposite ends of energy efficiency scorecard

Miscellanious materials

Are business improvement districts a force for good in cities like Philadelphia? Pro/Con | Opinion
Funding challenges limit minority-owned businesses’ access to energy efficiency
Secretary of Energy Signs Order to Mitigate Security Risks to the Nation's Electric Grid
Bice: Supervisor apologizes for using Cardi B's raunchy 'WAP' video to promote county weatherization program
Parks are Critical Urban Infrastructure: Perception and Use of Urban Green Spaces in NYC During COVID-19
COVID-19 Blog - Urban Systems Lab
A Lawsuit Challenges the Tennessee Valley Authority’s New Program of ‘Never-Ending’ Contracts
“Deflect, Delay, Defer”: Decade of Pacific Gas & Electric Wildfire Safety Pushback Preceded Disasters

Contributors

Briana Leone

Collections

Analyzing vulnerabilities experienced by college students as recounted on Twitter
TERP November 2021/Fall 2021 Newsletter
November 2021 Media Brief
November 2020 Media Brief
August 2020 Media Brief
July 2020 media brief
July 2020 Media Brief
The Energy Vulnerability Lab
The Energy Rights Survey Project
Energy Vulnerability Pedagogy Project Thumbnail
Energy Vulnerability Pedagogy Project
Energy in COVID-19 Working Group Thumbnail
Energy in COVID-19

Moratoriums, Utility Shutoff and Energy Rights

Moratoria, Energy Bills, and Economic Precarity
Utilities disconnect 116,000 Pa. households after state lifts moratorium on pandemic shutoffs
A policy framework for the right to energy
Washington urges people with overdue utility bills to get help before shutoff moratorium ends Sept. 30
As End of Utility Shutoff Moratorium Nears, SNAP Fears Rush of Requests for Assistance
City of Seattle extends eviction and utility moratorium into January 2022
Can We Stop Paying Utility Bills for a Bit?
PUC Fight: Commission denies rehearing requests; House passes a bill with a new plan for energy efficiency
Nearly 35 million households will lose their utility shutoff protections over the next month
A tidal wave of utility shutoffs is coming: 34.5 millionhouseholds will lose shutoff protections in the next month: An impact analysis of changing utility shutoff moratoriums
Disconnected: How Household Water Shutoffs in the United States during the COVID pandemic Violate the Human Right to Water
PUC Issues Aqua/Peoples Gas Audit Report & Implementation Plan
Utility shutoffs threaten a fresh crisis for low-income and Black families as Covid surges again
Utility shutoffs should be a rallying cry for justice
COVID-19's Impact on the Global Shift to Renewable Energy
Walsh - Fuel Allowance Extensions - 2020
Lazenby - Fuel Poverty Deaths Rising - 2020
Robinson - Richmonds Restricts Public Spaces - 2020
Touchberry - 5G as Infrastructure - 2020
Packham - Helping the Vulnerable COVID19 - 2020
Williams - Broadcasting Essential COVID19 - 2020
Sobhani - Infrastructure, Unemployment, and COVID19 - 2020
Branigin - Black Communities Frontline COVID19 - 2020
Winter and COVID-19 Utility Shut-off Moratoriums
PUC Lifts Pandemic-Related Moratorium On Door-to-Door, Public Event And In-Person Energy Sales And Marketing Activities
Unpaid utility bills are soaring in the pandemic. Consumer advocates fear mass shutoffs loom

Climate Change and Green Energy

Without action on climate change, heat is projected to become major global killer
As Philadelphia works to tackle climate change, a question emerges: Is PGW on board?
NWS Medford - Heat Safety Tips
Heat safety from NWS, Seattle
National Weather Service Forecasters
NWS Weather Prediction Center - Excessive Heat
Temperature difference from normal Sunday predicted by American (GFS) model.
Dangerous new hot zones are spreading around the world
Boiling Point - LA Times
Climate v AirConditioning Penetration Rate
New research will look at heat wave risks during pandemic
Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap
America’s Greenest Energy Giant Isn’t Trying to Save the Planet
America’s Greenest Energy Giant Isn’t Trying to Save the Planet
DVRPC Climate Adaptation Forum Presentation - June 23
DVRPC 2050 Goals
Pacific Northwest June Heatwave - Bundle
Philadelphia Energy Authority brings back Solarize Philadelphia program
Tropical Storm Isaias - Bundle
EPA takes up environmental justice complaint against Philly’s permit for SEPTA power plant in Nicetown
Philly is ready to start fighting climate change again
The Mass. Legislature's Climate Bills Are Important. But They Wouldn't Do Enough For My Most Vulnerable Patients
Green practices can negate climate emissions on NY farms

Energy Infrastructures and Transitions

What is Energy Transition?
Navigating the energy transition from disruption to growth
Why This Billionaire Is Worried About Green Investing
How the U.S. lost ground to China in the contest for clean energy
Central Pa. landowners relieved as PUC rejects controversial powerline project: ‘We fought hard’
PGW emails show involvement in drafting bill that runs counter to climate goals
Supply chain issues may cause energy prices to soar
PJM and Members Prepared to Serve Winter Electricity Demand; 65 Million Customers Served Reliably Through Summer 2020
Black Appalachian Coalition aims to shift narrative on energy, other issues.
2021 Rankings: Top cities with the most Energy Star certified buildings.
Biden administration accelerates plans for a national EV charging network
The emerging global natural gas market and the energy crisis of 2021-2022
Exxon Mobil has been lobbying against parts of Democrats’ big social and climate spending bill
Central Pa. landowners relieved as PUC rejects controversial powerline project: ‘We fought hard’
Could ConEd and PSEG Long Island be replaced?
Op-ed: We have a final opportunity to respond to climate change. Will we take it?
Able to power 50,000 homes, the ‘world’s largest floating wind farm’ takes another step forward
With No Power, Tens of Thousands in a ‘Nightmare’ a Week After Storm
Power outages after Tropical Storm Isaias were a warning to utilities
Tropical Storm Isaias Update from Board of Public Utilities (BPU)
Electricity Restoration Nearing Completion In New Jersey Almost Week After Tropical Storm Isaias Tore Through Region
Tropical Storm Isaias
Progress in the channels of energy transition
Renewable energy deals on the rise in corporate world
Policies are evolving to use new tech
Energy and Industrial Execs on Three top Tech Priorities
Cleantech transactions by oil companies
Oil and Gas Companies' focus on technologies and diversification
In Maine, pandemic hasn’t stopped push for a publicly owned electric grid
New York And Connecticut Call For Probes Into Utility Companies' Response To Isaias
US GDP and electricity decoupling
Share of renewables in the electricity generation mix
Carbon Emissions in the US - 2020
Survey shows transitions are priorities for companies
Energy and Industrial Sectors Enabling Transitions
HHS emPOWER Map
The U.S. Will Need a Lot of Land for a Zero-Carbon Economy
Groups call on DOE to draw a roadmap for TVA to shift to renewables
PUC Seeks Comment on Proposed Settlements with Retail Energy SuppliersConcerning Sales & Marketing Practices
Connecticut needs to make big changes in ‘who does what’ in the electric power industry
Retail Energy Supplier To Pay $59,000 Under Settlement With PUC Staff
Utility providers in PA (comprehensive) - Bundle
PUC Issues For Public Comment Settlement Under Which Retail Supplier Would Pay $188,000
Why the District of Columbia is a leader in energy efficiency
Microgrids: Resilient electricity for a changing climate panelists bio
PIDC taps Dominion Energy for Philadelphia Navy Yard O&M contract
APUEA - Magazine and Newsletter
Department of Energy - South Africa Republic
Newsletter - African Power Platform
Microgrid Resources Coalition
Microgrid Knowledge
Energy Efficiency Newsletters
Earl Baker: A new energy revolution in Pa.
TOI Staff - Accelerating Infrastructure - 2020
MIT - Future of Energy
New York adds $52.5 million in community solar incentives for low-income residents
NYC Is More Addicted To Fossil Fuels Than Ever. Now It May Make Solar Harder To Build.
Renewables overtake coal, but natural gas still dominates U.S. power generation
As Indiana coal plants close, advocates say gas power should not replace them
Governor’s power-plant carbon-pricing plan nears finish line
U.S. gives Williams more time to build Pennsylvania-NY natgas line
What Biden executive orders could mean for the energy sector
Department of Energy Releases Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap

Energy & COVID-19

Secretary of Energy Signs Order to Mitigate Security Risks to the Nation's Electric Grid
IEA Report: COVID-19 Impacts on Electricity
Essential Utility Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: A Roadmap to Utility Service as a Human Right
Sociodemographic disparities in energy insecurity among low-income households before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
What COVID Taught Us About Reliable Energy & Healthy Homes
How Covid-19 Has Changed The Way Americans Use Energy
Making sense of the eviction crisis
Connecticut's moratorium on utility shutoffs ended. Here's where you can still get help.
Conca - Coronavirus Energy Impact - 2020
Conca - Pandemic Energy Use - 2020
Schipani - Saving Energy in Pandemics - 2020
Lockwood - Fuel Poverty during COVID19 - 2020
Utility Shutoffs and The COVID-19 Pandemic
Helman - Hidden Costs Working Home - 2020
Jain - COVID19 Impacts Infrastructure - 2020
Middleton - COVID19 Increase Pollution - 2020
Lillis - Infrastructure Relief - 2020
COVID-19 Blog - Urban Systems Lab
Dynda - IT Infrastructure COVID19 - 2020
New research will look at heat wave risks during pandemic
Williams - Broadcasting Essential COVID19 - 2020
Touchberry - Coronavirus Relief Inclusions - 2020

The Energy Vulnerability Lab

Advancing an energy justice perspective of fuel poverty
Jessel et al. - Energy, Poverty, and Health - 2019
Petrova and Prodromidou - Politics, Austerity, Vulnerability - 2019
Household energy vulnerability as 'assemblage'
Fuel Poverty from the bottom up
Precarious Domesticities
Energy Fables
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