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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.

Anna Demeo
December 12, 2024
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Why the $1.05 Billion Federal Award to EVgo is a Big Deal

The DOE’s $1 billion loan guarantee to EVgo comes at a good time. EV charging companies are struggling, and the US appears to be building public chargers too slowly.

Elisa Wood
October 4, 2024
community solar economics
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Community Solar Economics: How money is made, saved, and even sometimes lost

Rob Hong of Sapling Financial Consultants explains community solar economics on the Energy Changemakers Podcast with Elisa Wood.

Elisa Wood
September 12, 2024
local energy ownership
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Households as Energy Investors and Other Good Economic Signals for Distributed Energy

Household investment in energy is on the rise as consumers install more distributed energy resources in their homes

Elisa Wood
July 17, 2024
off-grid

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.

Elisa Wood
May 31, 2024
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Time to set a Moonshot Goal for Distributed Energy Resources?

A moonshot goal for distributed energy resources could get us all rowing in the same direction and quicken the pace of local energy development.

Elisa Wood
May 17, 2024
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Weaving Together the Electric and Transportation Industries — and Making it Look Easy

WeaveGrid explains what it takes to
bring together two very different industries with the rise of EV charging.

Elisa Wood
March 26, 2024
Energy Changemakers conversation
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What Energy Changemakers Say Behind Closed Doors

So what exactly do Energy Changemakers members talk about in the private community? Here’s a chance to eavesdrop for 12-minutes.

Elisa Wood
March 19, 2024
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Transcript: Energy Changemakers Behind Closed Doors

Transcript of a fascinating exchange inside the Energy Changemakers community between John A. “Skip” Laitner, William Prindle, and Lorenzo Kristov.

Elisa Wood
March 19, 2024
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If We Could Just Fix This One Thing

Energy Changemakers community members describe what one change could hasten the energy transition

Elisa Wood
March 13, 2024
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The Energy Changemakers Podcast, with host Elisa Wood, is available every other Wednesday on Apple and Spotify.

Latest Resources

2026 Market Survey: Microgrid and Distributed Energy Projects Grow in Complexity

Reports of distributed energy’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, according to a 2025 survey of distributed energy and microgrid industry professionals. When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act became law in July 2025, many industry experts feared solar-heavy distributed energy development would dry up with the loss of federal incentives. While survey respondents (67%) say […]
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Energy Allies: Communities and Utilities Building Resilience Together

This white paper examines how successful partnerships among communities, utilities, and energy service providers can improve the grid and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
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Microgrids as a Building Block for Future Grids

This white paper is the fourth in a series of seven white papers in support of the DOE Microgrid R&D Program and presents a broad vision for future grids where microgrids serve as a building block along with technologies that would need to be developed, use case scenarios and the research targets. The DOE Microgrid […]
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Utility Bills are Rising: PowerLines

New polling by PowerLines, a nonpartisan consumer education nonprofit, reveals the toll of rising utility bills on American energy consumers.

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