Mark Dyson

Managing Director

RMI

Mark Dyson is a Managing Director with RMI's electricity practice. His work focuses on characterizing the technical and economic factors important in improving electric utility planning for the distribution edge, including distributed resource interconnection, resource operational modeling, and rate design. Mark has been involved with RMI in several capacities since 2008.

How coops could power rural economic development with renewables

August 19, 2021

by Katie Siegner & Mark Dyson & Gabriella Tosado

Remote communities could benefit from incentives to help electric co-ops replace coal plants.
Can electric pickup trucks save the grid in Texas?

June 22, 2021

by Mark Dyson & John Matson & Dave Mullaney

If half of the pickup truck owners in Texas switched to an electric model in the next decade and had their vehicles plugged in during a grid reliability event, they would provide the Texas grid with about 460 gigawatt-hours of capacity.
Building electrification is key to a safe climate future

November 5, 2020

by Mark Dyson & Courtney Fieldman & Stephanie Greene & Mike Henchen & Charles Teplin

Renewable natural gas is not the ideal pathway to dramatic CO2 reductions by buildings.
- Energy & Climate
California’s blackouts and its clean energy transition

September 3, 2020

by Mark Dyson & Ben Serrurier & Charles Teplin

To address both near-term reliability threats and emerging climate risks, the state needs to move both more carefully and faster.
- Energy & Climate
- California
New Jersey sets its sights on a decarbonized economy

February 13, 2020

by Mark Dyson & Charles Teplin

The state is planning comprehensively for economy-wide decarbonization, and putting meaningful, near-term policies in place to affordably reduce emissions.
Arizona and the momentum of 100 percent clean energy

February 11, 2020

by Christian Roselund & Mark Dyson

The Arizona Public Service (APS) announced that it will fully decarbonize the electricity it sells. Here's what that looks like.
The risky economics of the new natural gas infrastructure in the United States

September 17, 2019

by Mark Dyson

Low natural gas prices have helped to shutter many coal plants. Watch a similar effect on natural gas generators as clean energy becomes more affordable.
- Renewable Energy
- Natural Gas
The nature of energy resilience in the Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

May 9, 2019

by Emily Goldfield & Mark Dyson

After a fire, a community comes together to identify seven possible solutions to stay resilient for future disasters.
What utilities can teach us about fighting climate change

December 13, 2018

by Amory Lovins & Mark Dyson

Even a $400 billion industry can move when the money is right and the need for climate action is clear.
How a clean energy portfolio creates more than just value for Michigan

May 30, 2018

by Todd Zeranski & Mark Dyson

The Great Lakes State is a microcosm of not only the Midwestern but also the national utility landscape.