Governor Mikie Sherrill has declared a statewide energy emergency through Executive Order No. 2, a sweeping directive aimed ...

Maureen Quinlan is a senior manager and Leah Ford is a senior associate with The Pew Charitable Trusts' energy modernization project.

Oregon can make our energy grid stronger and more affordable by using virtual power plants to coordinate local tools like ...

Illinois could start turning homes and businesses into “virtual power plants” with solar-powered batteries aiding the grid, under a bill that has been gaining momentum in the state legislature. In ...

Some lawmakers and advocates hope to harden Michigan’s electric grid and cut utility bills by adding new power plants, all without moving a single shovelful of dirt. How is that possible? The state ...

Recognizing that virtual power plants (VPPs) remain underutilized despite growing interest and escalating energy affordability challenges, the Energy Policy Design Institute (EPDI) has launched the ...

increased digital dependency. Image: NASA/Unsplash. Virtual power plants are emerging as a potentially critical means of meeting the growing power demands from data centres in the US and beyond. David ...

An energy experiment three weeks ago involving some 2,800 Bakersfield homeowners and roughly 100,000 others across California may point to a new way of keeping the lights on during times of peak ...

Last month “Charging Ahead” looked at the technological shift taking place in many industries called technology agnosticism” often referred to as tech-agnostic. It’s a technological approach that’s ...

The U.S. electric power industry offers opportunities in renewable projects, virtual power plants, and market innovations like ISO auctions and FTRs. Navigating regulatory challenges, employing ...