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Source: Nick Cross\/Gurit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By: Karin Rives<\/a>, EDF Editorial Manager<\/em><\/p>\n

The United States is expected to spend some $2 trillion over the next two decades\u00a0upgrading its aging power grid<\/a>. That spells opportunity for a nation that has always chosen innovation over business as usual.<\/p>\n

In a recent\u00a0op-ed piece<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Power Magazine<\/em>, Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp describes how the United States is now laying the groundwork for a clean energy economy through policies and market forces that are beginning to work in tandem to accelerate change.<\/p>\n

The landmark\u00a0Clean Power Plan<\/a>\u00a0that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed in June places the\u00a0first-ever limits<\/a>\u00a0on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, giving states the incentive to shift to cleaner energy sources and the freedom to design their own paths to compliance.<\/p>\n

Renewable energy, of course, is already the fastest-growing power generation sector in America, with just wind and solar now making up more than\u00a04 percent<\/a>\u00a0of total market share.<\/p>\n

American businesses, meanwhile, are developing products and services that cater to energy-efficient homes where\u00a0consumers control<\/a>\u00a0their own power consumption.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps most importantly,\u201d Fred writes, citing a recent\u00a0Yale University poll<\/a>, \u201cpublic support for clean energy is at a record high\u2026People care about energy because it touches everything that we do, and Americans are tired of hearing sad, old myths about why we can\u2019t move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read his\u00a0full op-ed piece here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This commentary originally appeared on our EDF Voices blog<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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