Distributed Energy Companies are Shape-Shifting
Distributed energy companies are shapeshifting as changing rules and growing markets create new opportunities.
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Consumer Ownership of Local Energy: A New Take on How it Might Work
In a recent UC Berkeley paper, Keith Taylor proposes a form of local energy ownership beyond individual household solar.
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Energy Abundance Beyond Just Building More Stuff
The energy abundance agenda carries appeal. But achieving it on the complex electric grid will take more than just building more stuff.
What Caught the Most Attention on Energy Changemakers Platforms in 2025?
Here is a list of the most popular articles and podcasts that ran on the Energy Changemakers platforms in 2025.
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Distributed Energy Enters 2026 on the Right Side of History
Energy supply shortages, utility rates, consumer concerns and tech trends conspire to make 2026 a big year for distributed energy.
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Why Utility Regulation is Broken: Two Completely Different Takes
Interested in learning more about the decentralized grid? Check out the Energy Changemakers community.
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Eking More Energy from Everything — from Home Hot Water Heaters to Data Centers
Camus Energy, encoord, and Princeton University’s ZERO Lab offer data centers a two-part solution to the current, frustrating process of “build first, connect later.”
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Another Day, Another Virtual Power Plant Deal
New York-based EnergyHub, which offers a distributed energy management resources platform, has acquired Resideo Grid Services, a virtual power plant developer and manager. The companies say the acquisition reflects a growing industry shift toward a single integrated distributed energy resource management system platform for utilities to manage virtual power plants (VPPs) that include EVs, batteries, […]
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What a New Federal Proceeding Reveals about Distributed Energy’s Role in the AI Race
A new FERC proceeding reveals distributed energy’s growing role easing pressure on an oversubscribed transmission system.
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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.