Electric Vehicles

Faced with rising costs, fiscal duress, and persisting uncertainty at the federal level, energy policymaking in the 2026 Colorado legislative session moved on multiple fronts at once, with energy affordability and reliability top of mind for legislators. On our blog, United’s Emilie Olson covers key outcomes and the work ahead, highlighting United’s ongoing collaboration with current and incoming state decisionmakers to lower electricity costs, increase grid reliability, and help Colorado meet its clean energy goals.

Our energy system is facing some major affordability, reliability, and load growth challenges. At the same time, our aging distribution system is in need of reinvestment and modernization. To help address these challenges, United’s Ryan Katofsky shares three new reports from the CHARGED Initiative–a collaboration between Advanced Energy United, GridLab, and RMI–focused on better utilizing utility distribution system assets as part of the solution set.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State makes one thing clear: New York is not waiting around. At a moment when energy costs are rising and federal leadership is uncertain, the Governor’s agenda for 2026 still advances a clean, reliable, and affordable energy future for New Yorkers.

Despite setbacks from H.R. 1, state legislatures across the country continue to pursue a transportation future that’s more efficient and economical. As we enter 2026, United’s Lizzy Stears highlights major legislative themes that defined EV policy in 2025 and what to expect in the year ahead.

United’s Elizabeth Stears introduces United’s 2025 EV Ready Grid Guidebook. This new resource provides a blueprint for state leaders to invest in smart policy solutions that will prepare America’s grid to meet growing EV demand while protecting ratepayers from higher energy costs and strengthening reliability.

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

In 2021, Advanced Energy United warned that the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) supply chain was underdeveloped, overly reliant on foreign suppliers, and at risk of missing a generational economic opportunity. Three years later, United’s Elizabeth Stears reflects on the progress made in that time, and the challenges that lie ahead now with key federal support repealed under H.R. 1, emphasizing that the future of the EV supply chain relies heavily on state action.

As states confront declining gas tax revenue, the path forward must balance fiscal responsibility with fairness. Current EV fee structures often do the opposite—penalizing a small but growing group of clean vehicle adopters while allowing outdated fuel taxes to stagnate. United’s Elizabeth Stears explores a cohesive, forward-looking system where every driver pays fairly based on how much they use the roads, not what powers their vehicle, urging policymakers to rethink how roads are taxed—and design systems grounded in equity, transparency, and sustainability.

New York’s newly passed 2026 budget positions the state to capture the economic benefits of the electrified transportation industry and building decarbonization

Canary Media reports on Massachusetts advocates urging Governor Maura Healey to stay the course on enforcement of the state’s long-established ACCII standards, amid concerns that the administration may backtrack on those commitments. United’s Kat Burnham observes the pressure to roll back these standards isn’t coming from consumers, and notes the state already has incentives and infrastructure in place to support the transition to electrified transportation.

In an op-ed for Crain’s New York Business, United’s Kristina Persaud discusses the Advanced Clean Trucks rule as a way for New York to reduce emissions, highlighting the growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) across the nation and debunking common myths surrounding EV policies.

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.