10 Intriguing Distributed Energy Projects & Plans to Watch in 2025
Hat’s off to the innovators, inventors, and risk-takers who are remaking the grid with distributed energy. Here are 10 projects we’re watching.
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3 Trends to Watch in 2025 if You’re on Team Distributed Energy
Energy Changemakers looks at 3 distributed energy trends to watch in 2025 that signal the the industry’s future.
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The Electric Grid is No Longer a Natural Monopoly: California
The electric grid is no longer a natural monopoly and those who think so are “out of step with technical and commercial reality,” said a group of organizations who recently filed comments in the California Public Utilities Commission’s Future Grid Study.
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What 2025 Holds for Distributed Energy
Trouble and promise seem to characterize what’s ahead for distributed energy. So how should we approach 2025?
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Why So Many Industries Want to Own the Home Energy Management Market
The competition for dominance is just beginning as various industries enter the home energy management space.
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Five US States Now Ripe for Grid Defection: Study
Economic conditions are now favorable for grid defection by electricity customers in five US states. Will they actually go off grid?
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Why this Energy Changemaker is Trying to Bring Community Choice Energy to Arizona: Podcast
Community energy choice programs can lower consumer costs and provide cleaner energy. But it takes a lot of steps, and probably years, to bring them to fruition.
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Maine Said No to a Distributed System Operator. What’s Next?
Maine rejected a DSO but plans to use what it learned to consider other grid reforms. Meanwhile, the state’s DSO study lays out a roadmap for other jurisdictions.
Going Off-Grid to Tackle Big Problems in Energy and Real Estate
The term “off-grid” conjures a cabin in the woods, not sophisticated urban buildings. But that’s beginning to change, and the latest example is an apartment building in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Can DER Tariffs Solve the Last Man Standing Interconnection Problem?
Last man standing policies create unfair charges for interconnection of solar, batteries and EV fleets in many states. Could a DER tariff solve the problem?