The Voice of Distributed Energy
Menu
  • Stories
    • Distributed Generation
    • Storage & EVs
    • Virtual Power
    • Energy Efficiency
    • Policy
    • Microgrids Now
    • Prosumers
    • Decentralized Grid
  • Podcast
  • Resources
    • White Papers
    • Case Studies
    • Content Services
  • About
  • Newsletter
  • Substack
Energy Changemakers
Subscribe

Policy

Categories
  • Decentralized Grid
  • Distributed Generation
  • Storage & EVs
  • Virtual Power
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Policy
  • Microgrids Now
  • Prosumers
schneider distributed energy
Shutterstock.cm

We Have 1,000 Days to Get it Right for Distributed Energy

The US needs to address impediments to energy growth in the next 1,000 days to realize the full benefits of distributed energy and electrification by 2050, says Schneider Electric.

Elisa Wood
November 21, 2025
distributed energy gains attention capital
Everett Collection/Shutterstock.com

Distributed Energy’s Big Chance to Capture a New Kind of Capital: Attention

In era where attention may be the most valuable form of capital, it’s no small thing that the power industry is on the minds of the electorate. Now’s the time to cement the economic value of distributed energy in the public psyche. 

Elisa Wood
November 16, 2025
Common charge
Khakimullin Aleksandr/Shutterstock.com

The Problem with Distributed Energy: How a New Coalition Hopes to Solve it

Common Charge hopes to create a unified voice for the multiple industries that make up the distributed energy sector.

Elisa Wood
November 16, 2025
age of electricity
Shutterstock.com

In Case You’re Wondering if You are in the Right Business

The International Energy Agency has proclaimed we’re now in the Age of Electricity with demand growing across all scenarios.

Elisa Wood
November 15, 2025
microgrid survey
Shutterstock.com

What’s Next for Distributed Energy?

Energy Changemakers, Factor This Renewables, and Xendee are conducting a microgrid survey and welcome your input.

Energy Changemakers Content Services
October 29, 2025
energy transition
Shutterstock.com

The Energy Transition’s Sobering Present and Where to Go Next

Headwinds and tailwinds have left the energy transition pulled in two different directions. What can get it going the right way? And why is distributed energy well-positioned?

Elisa Wood
October 26, 2025
virtual power plant
Natasa Adzic/Shutterstock.com

Petition Filed with FERC to Protect Virtual Power Plants from “Death by a Million Pdfs”

A federal complaint filed last week alleges that utility data blocking hinders distributed energy within PJM.

Elisa Wood
October 12, 2025
data centers
Shutterstock.com

Yes, It Is Data Center Growth Causing High Costs in PJM’s Territory

Two new reports place the blame for PJM’s growing energy costs squarely on data centers.

Elisa Wood
October 5, 2025
electricity prices are rising
Shutterstock.com

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
Utility corruption impedes energy innovation
Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com

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
« Previous Page
Next Page »
Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter about all things distributed energy.
Subscribe

Top Podcast

electric cooperatives distributed energy

What If Electric Co-ops Came Together to Build the Distributed Grid?

Electric cooperatives already know how to federate for scale; Keith Taylor says the same model could accelerate microgrids, distributed energy and a more democratic grid.

Latest Resources

Energy Changemakers Media Kit – The Voice of Distributed Energy

About Energy ChangemakersEnergy Changemakers is a journalist-led media and content platform built exclusively for the distributed energy and grid-edge market. At its core, the company operates at the intersection of: Our mission is to Educate. Elevate. Amplify.

How Supercaps Can Help Solve the Geopolitical Challenge of Battery Over Deployments

The speed-to-power movement is driving decision-making in the data center industry as it searches for near-term solutions to its power supply needs. The inability of many utilities and wholesale market control areas to bring new capacity on-line in a timely manner has prompted many data centers to go behind-the-meter (BTM) and create microgrids and other […]
Large Load Developers Becoming Their Own Power Suppliers

When the Grid Can’t Keep Up

Why Large-Load Developers Are BecomingTheir Own Power Suppliers Headlines are everywhere about the electric grid straining under a surge in demand from data centers and other large loads. But the more urgent story is: How can the grid evolve to meet this new demand at speed? Utility and regional grid planning efforts often take years […]

Ultra-Reliable Onsite Generation How Enchanted Rock Delivers

For decades, commercial and industrial facilities operated under a simple assumption: electricity service was readily available and highly reliable. Backup generators were installedprimarily to meet regulatory requirements or protect against rare emergencies. Today, that assumption is becoming less certain. The US grid is under mounting pressure from severe weather, aging infrastructure, and rapid growth in […]

RSS Microgrids Now

  • A Real Community Microgrid, At Last?
  • Inspiring Tales of Microgrid Innovation at the Top of the World
  • Senate Bill Would Give Microgrids $700M Boost, Try to Pin Down Elusive Value of Resilience
  • The $388 Billion Argument for Data Center Microgrids & Resilience Investments
  • Microgrid Company IPO Filing Shows $1.3 Billion Sales Backlog, Up 779%
The Voice of Distributed Energy
Learn about grid edge opportunities
Subscribe
Energy Changemakers
Energy Changemakers
600 Twentyninth Place Ct #1055
Charlottesville, VA 22901
elisa@energychangemakers.com
© Wood Energy Writers LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy