How Often Is Demand Response Called? E3 Examines DR Usage in MISO and PJM
Rapid load growth has turned attention to demand response (DR) and other flexible loads as a way to support reliability …
What Developers and Host Communities Want from Clean Energy Property Tax Policy
Local permitting barriers driven by community opposition have made constructing utility-scale wind and solar projects challenging across much of the …
Climate Change and Resource Adequacy in the West, a new E3 study
Long-term electricity planning in the West still relies largely on historical weather data. Yet climate change is rendering historical weather …
E3 Testifies on PJM’s Evaluation of Market Efficiency Transmission Projects
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PA PUC) has asked FERC to change how PJM evaluates its economic transmission projects, termed …
E3 Evaluates Reference Technology Options for MISO’s Capacity Market
MISO's capacity auction, like many capacity markets, clears against a demand curve built around a reference technology, a resource type …
Getting the Price Right for Local DER
Electricity affordability has become a central regulatory and legislative concern, and that concern is increasingly focused on the distribution system. …
Webinar & Report: Resource Adequacy in the Desert Southwest
The Desert Southwest is in the middle of a generational transformation of its electricity system. Utilities expect peak demand across …
Webinar Recap: Inside the Findings of PG&E’s Electrification Impact Study
PG&E filed its final Electrification Impact Study (EIS) Part 2 report with the California Public Utilities Commission this year, refining …
Are Data Centers Driving Up Electricity Rates? A New E3 Whitepaper Examines the Quantitative Evidence
It is well known that electricity bills have been climbing across much of the U.S., driven in part from increases …
San Francisco Climate Week 2026 Recap: Climate, Clean Energy, and Costs in California’s Energy Outlook
During San Francisco Climate Week, E3 hosted a panel discussion on one of the central questions facing California’s power sector: …
Pasadena’s Path to 100% Carbon-Free Electricity
In 2023, Pasadena City Council set an ambitious goal: to serve 100% of its electricity needs with carbon-free resources by …
Webinar & Report: Resource Adequacy and the Energy Transition in the Pacific Northwest
In the past year, E3 has been studying the current and future resource adequacy (RA) situation in the Pacific Northwest …
A Municipal Utility Model for Funding Electrification: Lessons from Palo Alto
E3 recently supported the City of Palo Alto (“the City”) with a set of models and studies to help the …
Insights from Rhode Island’s 2025 Climate Action Strategy
Rhode Island has released its 2025 Climate Action Strategy, finalized and approved by the state’s Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council …
