Illinois Draft REAP Introduces a Statewide Integrated Framework for Generation and Transmission Planning
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Staff, supported by E3, has released the 2025 Draft Renewable Energy Access Plan (Draft REAP), …
Introducing E3’s Distribution Planning and Technology Practice
Energy and Environmental Economics is pleased to announce a new Distribution Planning and Technology practice, launched to address the growing …
2025 Transmission Recap: Advancing Planning Frameworks and Implementation Pathways
Rapid load growth, an aging power grid, accelerating clean energy targets, affordability pressures, and new federal planning requirements are leading …
Insights from State and Regional Climate Action Plans
In early December, many states and local governments completed a significant milestone of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Climate Pollution …
Illinois Resource Adequacy in 2025: What the Study Finds for PJM, MISO, and Illinois
On December 15, 2025, the Illinois Power Agency, Illinois Commerce Commission, and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency published the 2025 Resource …
How Load Management Can Help Massachusetts Meet Rising Demand
Massachusetts is preparing for a widespread shift to electrified vehicles and buildings. As part of its plan to reach net-zero …
E3 in 2025: Insights from a Big Year for Reliability, Electrification, and Large Loads
2025 was a turbulent year for the energy sector. Demand from electrification and data centers surged at the same time …
Insights from New Jersey’s Latest Energy Master Plan
New Jersey has released its 2024 Energy Master Plan, finalized and published in 2025. E3 supported the State by providing …
E3 Supports U.S. Climate Alliance in 2025 Annual Report on State-Led Progress and Pathways to Net Zero
The U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of governors committed to securing America’s net-zero future, released its 2025 Annual Report, …
California’s Clean Energy Permitting Initiative: Resources to Reduce Barriers for Large-Scale Renewables
California state law sets a target of 100% clean electricity sales and economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045, which requires developing …
New PG&E Electrification Impact Study: Smart Planning Can Lower Long-Term Costs
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently filed its draft Electrification Impact Study (EIS) Part 2 with the California Public …
Meeting New Brunswick’s Growing Capacity Needs with a Future-Ready Resource Adequacy Planning Framework
New Brunswick Power (NB Power) is entering a period of heightened electricity reliability challenges. With accelerating load growth, aging infrastructure, …
Demand Response as a Capacity Resource in SPP’s Era of Data Center Growth
SPP is in the middle of a reliability rethink. The region’s highest-risk hours are no longer just hot summer afternoons. …
E3 Conducts Cost-Benefit Assessment of Grid-Enhancing Technologies in Maine
Maine’s electric grid is facing pressures: aging infrastructure, rising electricity demand due to home and vehicle electrification, and the integration …
