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.
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.
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.
In a deal that speaks to the changing role of distributed energy, Goldman Sachs Alternatives has agreed to acquire RWE’s US distributed generation business.
Comptroller Mark Levine makes economic argument for use of rooftops and parking lots for bottom up energy planning
New law lets data centers offset energy use by funding energy resources installed on homes and businesses
Robert Cross of Outfit argues that distributed energy resources have become an “irresistible force” colliding with the “immovable object” of the traditional utility business model
With its use of distributed power plants, the island offers a lesson on how the mainland grid can survive the age of AI.