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Consumers React, Policymakers Scramble, and Innovators Innovate as Electricity Prices Rise

Electricity prices are rising faster than policymakers can devise solutions. And US consumers are feeling the pain

Elisa Wood
October 5, 2025
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Your House Could Solve the AI Energy Problem

Virtual power plants and electrification offer ways to meet electric demand from AI.

Elisa Wood
October 2, 2025
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Is Utility Corruption Impeding Energy Innovation?

Activist and author Dick Munson explains how utility corruption impedes energy innovation, a conclusion from his new book, Power Corrupts: Cleaning Up America’s Biggest Industry

Elisa Wood
September 26, 2025
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Microgrids Aren’t What They Used To Be

What It Really Takes to Make a Customer-Centric Electricity System

As he retires from 40 years at NREL, energy researcher Bruce Nordman makes the case for a customer-centric grid.

Elisa Wood
September 7, 2025
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Distributed Energy Is Misunderstood and Underrepresented

Even green energy advocates sometimes don’t fully understand the role distributed energy resources play as grid and community assets.

Elisa Wood
March 21, 2025
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How Do Investors Evaluate AI in Clean Tech Startups in 2025?

Investors can take these steps to identify true AI innovation in clean tech startups offering virtual power plants and other tech-heavy applications.

Anna Demeo
February 22, 2025
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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?

Elisa Wood
December 22, 2024
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Transforming Ideas into Policy: VPPs

EPDI’s Ted Ko explains how to translate ideas raised about virtual power plants in an Energy Changemakers’ podcast into actionable government policy.

Ted Ko
September 4, 2024
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Are We Expecting Too Much from Virtual Power Plants?

Many see virtual power plants (VPPs) as the best way to organize distributed energy. Here’s a contrarian view.

Elisa Wood
August 29, 2024
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Are We In a Period of Runaway Hype about Electric Demand?

Distributed energy should be the first resource considered before we build riskier, larger projects to meet AI-driven electric demand.

Elisa Wood
June 21, 2024
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