What’s Next for Distributed Energy?
Energy Changemakers, Factor This Renewables, and Xendee are conducting a microgrid survey and welcome your input.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.