pv magazine USA

Securing power, controlling costs: How onsite solar and storage shield commercial users from grid volatility

In an era of rising utility rates, grid congestion, and shifting power markets, commercial and industrial companies are ...
The Wall Street Journal

As Extreme Heat Disrupts Grids, Renewables, Distributed Energy Can Help

The summer of 2023 was one of the hottest on record, and forecasters expect this trend to continue. 1 Indeed, in the United States, at just the midway point, the summer of 2024 has already been marked ...
T&D

The Grid’s Missing Middle: Scaled Distributed Storage Built into the System

Distributed storage, especially front-of-the-meter batteries, can fill the critical 'missing middle' between bulk storage and customer demand response, increasing grid capacity. Scaling distributed ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Net Metering Practices Should Be Revised to Better Reflect the Value of Integrating Distributed Electricity Generation Into the Nation's Power Grid

WASHINGTON ― Net metering practices should be revised to reflect the value that distributed electricity generation ― for example, electricity generated by rooftop solar panels ― can provide to society ...

The Power Grid Hasn’t Changed In A Century. Data Centers Are Changing That.

The U.S. power grid has changed little since Edison and now strains under soaring demand. Flush with capital, data centers ...
POWER Magazine

Central Theme for Energy’s Future: Decentralizing Power Generation

The use of distributed energy resources (DERs) will continue to grow as utilities, businesses, and residential neighborhoods look for ways to balance the power grid and support more reliable and ...
Crude Oil Prices

The Grid Needs A $20 Trillion Upgrade To Support Energy Transition

Back in 2020, BloombergNEF estimated the cost of a grid overhaul at $14 trillion over the thirty years between 2020 and 2050. In 2023, the cost to upgrade the grid has risen to $21 trillion. Upgrading ...
American Enterprise Institute

The Distributed Grid and the End of the One-Way Electricity System

Michael Lee’s Distributed Grid series reads like a field report from the institutional frontier. Lee, formerly CEO of Octopus Energy US, is writing from inside the practical problem that has animated ...
T&D

The AI Infrastructure Challenge: Supporting Affordability with Smart Grid Orchestration

AI-driven data centers are projected to nearly double global electricity consumption from 415 TWh in 2024 to 945 TWh by 2030, posing significant grid challenges. Utilities can leverage AI and grid ...
The National Law Review

Distributed Energy Generation - Top USA Industry Trends in 2026

Distributed energy generation (deg) market is projected to grow from USD 538.2 billion in 2025 to USD 963.9 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of 6.0%. ROCKVILLE, MD, UNITED ...
Energy Department

New Prize to Increase Visibility of Distributed Solar Energy Generation

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the American-Made Data-Driven Distributed (3D) Solar Visibility Prize, which is designed to incentivize innovators ...