Electricity
Reality Check: How to Grow the Grid, but Not Electricity Costs
US utilities are building $1.4 trillion worth of new infrastructure over the next five years. But can they do so without sending up prices? There are ways to better match the increasing demand for electricity without exacerbating a deepening affordability crisis. Utilities can build faster, tap into new technologies, and do more with the grid that we’ve already built. The path forward that supports the most widespread prosperity for the United States is also the most efficient path we have.
Rewiring Utility Planning for the Age of Rapid Load Growth
With growing demand, faster adaptive planning can prevent costly overbuilds, missed investments, and delays that slow the clean energy transition.
Large Energy Users Want Power. Here’s How to Protect Other Ratepayers from the Costs.
Designing large load tariffs with strong safeguards can reduce the risk of cost shifting, but adoption of them varies.
How Virtual Power Plants Can Help the United States Win the AI Race
This moment offers a generational opportunity to invest in America’s electricity future.
As the Government Shutdown Freezes Low-Income Assistance Funds, PUCs Can Help
As LIHEAP funding stalls, millions face energy insecurity; PUCs act to prevent shutoffs and protect struggling families.