At its most basic, AI is not human; it’s electrons. Pull the plug, and it’s gone. Obviously, no one is pulling any plugs. But the power industry can – and is – starting to pull some levers.
Elisa Wood talks with Mike Calise, CEO of EV charging company Tellus Power, about why the rise of autonomous fleets could make microgrids and distributed energy a strategic necessity.
Resilience Energy is betting that a new kind of long-term energy contract can turn home solar and batteries into capacity for data centers — without asking households to buy the equipment themselves.
The Mamdani administration increasingly looks like it’s favoring a distributed energy agenda. The most recent move: 700 curbside EV chargers to encourage rideshare and cab drivers to electrify.
The California program assembles an ecosystem of distributed energy companies to install new home energy systems and aggregate existing devices.
Forget the idea that a virtual power plant is just thousands of batteries and thermostats. New Jersey players are pushing for something much broader.
From a $2.6 billion microgrid move for data centers to home solar services, it’s been an active few weeks for onsite energy investments.
Electric cooperatives already know how to federate for scale; Keith Taylor says the same model could accelerate microgrids, distributed energy and a more democratic grid.
How a New York City real estate veteran built a community solar business model to ease landlord pain
Distributed energy — and especially batteries in homes — emerged as one of the strongest parts of the U.S. clean energy economy for the second quarter 2026.