Jerry Elmer: An historic energy day

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jerry Elmer, who is a senior attorney at Conservation Law Foundation. 
April 21, 2018, was an historic date for the New England power grid: It was the first time that midday peak energy demand from the power grid was lower than at the lowest point overnight. The reason for this historic first is the effectiveness of energy efficiency and the combined output of 130,000 small, medium and large solar installations in New England.
This first-ever event