The proposed NextEra–Dominion merger could create a distribution powerhouse as data centers, microgrids and customer-sited energy begin reshaping the electric system.
Three grid experts say the US needs a new blueprint to fix its power system, one that creates energy abundance from the bottom up.
Plug-in balcony solar is emerging as a new and disruptive distributed energy technology, embraced by yet another state.
Five decades ago, a worldwide oil crisis put renewable energy on the radar of governments and consumers. Here we are again, but this time, renewables have a lot more muscle.
A looming copper shortage affects the entire electric system from the utility to the customer’s home.
50 states. 50 different policies for distributed energy (DERs). So, how do you scale the technologies? Pew has a playbook.
Here is the list of Biden-era energy projects that Trump’s DOE says it will fund either as is or restructured.
Balcony solar isn’t really about small panels on apartment railings. It’s about the moment a consumer starts to feel agency over their energy.
Xcel Energy Minnesota won approval of its controversial virtual power plant pilot that divided the distributed energy community.
Rayburn Electric Cooperative’s story offers a provocative message for utilities: Ditch the status quo.