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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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Electrotech Reinvents the Energy Transition

Introduced by Ember, the term electrotech offers a more effective way to quantify the energy transition.

Elisa Wood
September 21, 2025

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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How Community Solar is Crossing Borders to Reduce Electric Bills

Synthetic community solar allows electric ratepayers to reduce their bills using tax credits from projects built in another state.

Elisa Wood
September 7, 2025
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How Unified Network Models Drive Compliance, Reliability and Distributed Energy Readiness

Utility network model management creates centralized master network models for transmission and distribution grids.

Energy Changemakers Content Services
September 4, 2025
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What Elephants, Mice and Distributed Energy Have in Common

Are we focusing too much on energy supply and not enough on energy productivity?

Elisa Wood
August 22, 2025
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Mayfield Renewables Education Summit 2024

Prepare for the Future of C&I Solar-plus-Storage at the Mayfield Renewables Education Summit

Mayfield Renewables Education Summit, Oct. 15-16 in Seattle, offers education and networking for those who work in solar-plus-storage and microgrids.

Energy Changemakers Content Services
August 18, 2025
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Is Small Town America Ready for Climate Migration?

As climate migration drives up population in America’s heartland, small towns will need more clean distributed energy resources (DERs).

Elisa Wood
August 10, 2025
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What the Electric Grid and Beaches Have in Common. It’s Not Good

Grid connections are now akin to oceanfront property — precious and expensive — as AI increases demand for power.

Elisa Wood
July 26, 2025
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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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