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E3 Conducts Cost-Benefit Assessment of Grid-Enhancing Technologies in Maine

September 18, 2025

Maine’s electric grid is facing pressures: aging infrastructure, rising electricity demand due to home and vehicle electrification, and the integration …

New Methods to Address Heightened Uncertainty: E3 Releases Review of Probabilistic Planning Methods For Transmission Planners

September 18, 2025

Decarbonization policies, the accelerated integration of renewable energy resources, rising electrification demands, and the growing frequency and severity of extreme …

A New Framework for Resource Adequacy: Insights from E3’s Latest White Paper

August 12, 2025

Electricity systems are under increasing stress related to resource adequacy. Unprecedented load growth, changes in historical weather patterns, retirement of …

New York Approves 2025 Draft Energy Plan

August 1, 2025

New York’s State Energy Planning Board recently reached a significant milestone, approving the state’s 2025 Draft Energy Plan – a …

2024 Transmission Recap: A Pivotal Year

January 31, 2025

Transmission has long been considered a key missing piece of the clean energy transition. While wind and solar growth has …

Virginia’s Data Center Boom: E3 Report Analyzes Grid Strain and Customer Impacts

December 10, 2024

E3 has published a first-of-a-kind analysis and report that rigorously quantifies the grid and customer impacts of continued data center …

Measuring the Economic Potential of Decarbonized Heat

October 30, 2024

While the US has made progress in reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions, the industrial sector continues to face significant challenges …

A Roadmap for Integrated System Planning

October 22, 2024

Integrated system planning is a pioneering effort to integrate generation, transmission, distribution, and customer/DER planning in a single holistic process. …

E3 Supports Governments in Developing Comprehensive Climate Action Plans

August 30, 2024

After Labor Day, state, local, Tribal, and territory governments funded by EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program will assemble …

Evaluating Transmission Congestion Cost Savings Tests for ERCOT

July 31, 2024

A number of recent studies have highlighted the benefits of new electric transmission, including reliability and resilience and improved economic …

Webinar Recording: E3’s Views on the California Storage Market

July 30, 2024

On July 17, 2024, E3 hosted a public webinar on our storage revenue forecasting methodology and views on the California …

E3 Supports Xcel Energy in Development of Clean Heat Plan

July 23, 2024

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently approved a Clean Heat Plan for Xcel Energy and E3 is pleased to …

E3 Supports Salt River Project in Completing First-Ever Integrated System Plan

July 9, 2024

Recently Salt River Project (SRP), a not-for-profit utility that provides water and energy to more than 2 million people in …

Unlocking Interregional Transmission

July 2, 2024

The electricity system in the United States is poised to undergo significant changes over the coming decades. Rapid load growth, …

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