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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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Grids Are the Center of Everything

What exactly is a digital grid? How does it play into the new world of data centers and prosumer energy?

Elisa Wood
July 9, 2025
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Five US States Now Ripe for Grid Defection: Study

Economic conditions are now favorable for grid defection by electricity customers in five US states. Will they actually go off grid?

Elisa Wood
December 10, 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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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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10 Intriguing Distributed Energy Projects to Watch in 2024

Ameresco, Arc Motor Company, ARENA, Community Electricity, CPower, Google, Intellihub, Maine, NYSERDA, OhmConnect, Pennsylvania Turnpike and Sunnova made this year’s list.

Elisa Wood
January 2, 2024
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An Energy Wonk Comes Face-to-Face with the Real World. It isn’t Pretty

Well known energy analyst and writer, Peter Asmus, faced red tape and confusion when he tried to install solar plus storage on his home. If it was hard for him, what’s it like for the rest of the world?

Peter Asmus
December 13, 2023
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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.

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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 […]

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