Advanced Energy United Reports

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 While DERs can reduce energy costs, lower emissions, and enhance grid resilience, outdated interconnection processes, regulatory misalignment, and high infrastructure upgrade costs are slowing deployment.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: 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.

Publish Date: November 21, 2024

The process known as “generator interconnection” is invariably flawed across the U.S., causing significant and costly delays to adding new energy resources to the power grid. Regulators and energy developers alike are looking for efficiencies that can accelerate deployment of energy projects. Doing so is necessary to ensure energy system reliability, foster marketplace competition, meet future load growth, and create the broad economic benefits associated with meeting all those challenges.