Advanced Energy United Reports

Texas is growing fast, and with that growth comes rising energy demand. This new report from Advanced Energy United's state affiliate Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA), produced by Demand Side Analytics, finds that Texas could save billions by better integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) – like rooftop solar, battery storage, electric vehicles, and smart appliances – into Oncor’s grid planning and ERCOT’s market operations. 

Publish Date: October 14, 2025

Electric vehicle (EV) sales are increasing year over year in the U.S., propelled in part by automakers long-term business plans to shift to electric models even as federal purchase incentives sunset in 2025. Automakers are committing to electrification across their production lines, and state policies remain a major driver: state and utility incentive programs, electricity rates, and planning processes that keep EVs more affordable than internal combustion engine (ICE) alternatives. Despite the expiring of federal consumer tax credits, EV adoption will remain one of the fastest growing sources of electricity demand in the coming years.

Publish Date: June 23, 2025

As data centers and other new customers arrive in PJM, the region faces rising costs and potential reliability challenges. 

State decision-makers have control over how load growth is addressed. With proper oversight, timely planning, and action, states can enable economic growth and customer benefits tied to these new loads – without sacrificing reliability, affordability, or state policy objectives.

We are experiencing a moment of both significant change and opportunity within the electricity sector. After over a decade of flat-to-declining load in most of the country, the current load growth projections in many markets nationwide are increasing rapidly. Much of the near-term load growth is from significant capital investment in manufacturing, data center expansion, and electrification.

Publish Date: May 19, 2025

A new resource, developed by Advanced Energy United, draws on several recent studies focused on the PJM region that capture how advanced energy technologies enable near-term load growth. The report shows that these solutions have the potential to unlock gigawatts of capacity on the grid – as long as states and PJM take action to deploy these critical tools.

Publish Date: May 9, 2025

A new report, authored by Advanced Energy United and Demand Side Analytics, identifies ways in which Massachusetts can support electrification without abandoning its energy efficiency and long-term system cost containment imperatives. The report shows that a time-of-use (TOU) electric rate, paired with enhanced energy efficiency efforts, can significantly reduce residential energy bills for electrified homes while mitigating rate increases for all homes.

Publish Date: April 3, 2025

This report, authored by Advanced Energy United and DNV, examines the systemic barriers and emerging solutions for integrating Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and electrification technologies into the U.S. electric grid. As customer adoption of rooftop solar, battery storage, electric vehicles, and heat pumps accelerates, these technologies present both opportunities and challenges for grid modernization. While DERs can reduce energy costs, lower emissions, and enhance grid resilience, outdated interconnection processes, regulatory misalignment, and high infrastructure upgrade costs are slowing deployment. By identifying the most pressing obstacles and highlighting best practices, this report provides a roadmap for policymakers, utilities, and industry stakeholders to unlock the full value of DERs and drive a more efficient, flexible, and cost-effective energy system.

Publish Date: March 3, 2025

A new report from Baker Tilly shows solar power produced in Indiana would help Hoosiers meet a growing need for electricity. This need is driven by a surge in economic development.

The Baker Tilly report, Forecasting the Economic Impact Potential of Solar in Indiana, looked at all of the solar projects planned and slated to begin operation in Indiana by 2027. The report examines the tax benefit, local economic development gains, and job creation prospects should all planned projects proceed.

Publish Date: February 24, 2025

A new analysis finds that PJM’s slow and complex interconnection process prevented new energy supply from coming online, contributing to higher prices and potential retail rate hikes of up to 24% across the region. The report estimates that proactive transmission planning and interconnection reforms could have reduced consumer costs by as much as $7 billion, highlighting the urgent need for policy changes to accelerate new generation.

Publish Date: February 23, 2025

This online resource hub offers explainers, guidance, and a checklist tailored for state decision-makers on FERC’s groundbreaking transmission planning and cost allocation Order. The resources detail how the Order shapes states’ roles in the new processes that will be designed and implemented by transmission grid operators.