Reports

This report reviews existing studies and quantifies the impacts we can expect on Illinois jobs in the energy sector resulting from building electrification.

Produced for Advanced Energy Institute by Grid Strategies and the Brattle Group, the Advanced Energy United Generator Interconnection Scorecard measures each RTO/ISO generator interconnection process using both qualitative and quantitative data.

Download Advanced Energy United’s easy-to-use explainer, “Bringing Resilience and Reliability Full Circle,” a guide to how advanced energy technologies can improve resilience and reliability on the distribution grid.

A new report written by Gabel Associates and released by Advanced Energy United, MAREC Action, and the American Clean Power Association found that more than $13.1 billion could be invested in Pennsylvania over the next seven years, and 129,000 jobs could be created if policymakers increase the AEPS to require 30% renewable generation by 2030.

This analysis demonstrates the potential long-term savings EVs could deliver for Indiana, finding that replacing Indiana’s light duty vehicle fleet with comparable EVs could save roughly $62.4 million over a 15-year span.

Natural gas utilities are at risk of stagnating customer growth and declining demand per customer due to competition from cost-effective electrification solutions and decarbonization efforts. For states looking to improve transparency into or oversight of gas utilities, or states looking to better facilitate a smooth transition to clean energy, this white paper offers a blueprint.

This report, commissioned by Advanced Energy United and written by Strategen Consulting, assesses the proposed resource plan set forth by Public Service Company of Colorado (known by customers as Xcel Energy) in Phase II of their 2021 Electric Resource Plan (“ERP”), commonly referred to as the 120-Day Report.

Immediate and long-term changes are needed to ISO-NE’s interconnection process to avoid delaying state clean energy goals, finds new Advanced Energy United commissioned analysis from Daymark Energy Advisors.

This guide, developed by Advanced Energy United, walks through the interconnection process from the perspective of a project developer, highlighting challenges faced along the way and explaining why some projects don’t make it to commercial operation.

As state energy leaders go about developing state-specific rebate programs and crafting applications that comply with the parameters of the Home Energy Rebate Programs, they will face several substantive decisions. Drawing on the expertise of the advanced energy industry and the electrification community, this guide is intended to provide context and recommendations that inform such decision-making.

The report shows that Michigan utility Consumers Energy’s residential customer gas rates will steadily increase over the next several decades due to projected utility capital expenditures and energy efficiency and electrification trends.

The interconnection process is a complex, multi-step, multi-year journey that many projects don’t make it through. This toolkit breaks down the reforms built out in FERC Order 2023 that will make the process smoother.