Reports

Building more in-state clean energy resources can be a powerful tool in the fight for energy affordability in Indiana. A new report from Advanced Energy United, produced by Synapse Energy Economics, shows that accelerating the deployment of advanced energy resources would save Indiana consumers $3.6 billion by 2035. The study evaluated the potential for household energy bill savings if Indiana takes steps to accelerate the build-out of clean energy generation.

Reliability and affordability are of paramount importance for PJM. Two paths lie ahead for the region: One in which primarily gas resources are deployed to meet rising load, and one in which policy change enables higher deployment of advanced energy resources (wind, solar and storage, demand flexibility resources, and advanced transmission technologies). A new analysis, conducted by Synapse Energy Economics for Advanced Energy United, analyzes these pathways from a reliability and cost perspective.

The Western electric grid operates as a fragmented patchwork: Thirty-eight separate grid operators manage power across 11 states, each required to generate and dispatch enough energy to meet its own peak demand. The path forward is clear, and the vision is achievable: the broadest and most diverse regional energy market in the nation, built by the West for the West, and grounded in affordability, reliability, and choice.

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 the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’s (ERCOT) grid planning and market operations.

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. 

The 2025 EV-Ready Grid Guidebook translates real-world lessons into model policies, helping regulators and policymakers accelerate charging while protecting customers.

Advanced Energy United has created a resource for state legislators and regulators in PJM that outlines 10 specific, proactive actions state decision-makers can take right now to effectively manage load growth.

Advanced Energy United and RMI have worked with input from utilities, consumer advocates, large-load customers, nonprofits, regulators, and other stakeholders to develop a set of common tariff design principles for large-load customers.

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.

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.

Outdated interconnection processes, high infrastructure costs, and regulatory misalignment are delaying the deployment of distributed energy resources (DERs) and electrification technologies across the U.S. Through interviews conducted with industry stakeholder across the technology spectrum, this report identifies key barriers slowing DER adoption and outlines policy and market solutions. With nearly 400GW of new capacity expected by 2035, proactive reforms are essential to ensuring a reliable, resilient, and cost-effective energy future.

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 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, examining the tax benefit, local economic development gains, and job creation prospects should all planned projects proceed.