Electricity
A Smarter Approach to Cost Trackers to Support Affordability
A report outlining four regulatory strategies to manage the risks that cost trackers pose to electricity affordability.
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The Interconnection Queue Continues to Be a Barrier to American Economic Competitiveness
The race is on to power the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. As AI becomes increasingly central to national security and US economic competitiveness, demand for electricity is surging. Yet companies seeking to build data centers…
Electricity
How Fuel Cost-Sharing Can Deliver Savings for Utility Customers
RMI analysis of North Carolina shows how a fuel cost-sharing mechanism could reduce bill volatility, save customers money, and better align utility incentives.
Electricity
Fast, Efficient Solutions to Meet Electricity Demand Growth
We have the technology and solutions to upgrade and expand our electricity grid while deferring costly infrastructure investments.
Electricity
5 Things We Learned from Analyzing More than 200 Utility Incentives
What the data shows about PIM design and performance for climate, affordability, and other emergent regulatory priorities.
Electricity
New Ways to Power Data Centers and Other Large Energy Users
How Bring-Your-Own and Clean Transition Tariffs could meet the energy needs of large customers while reducing risks for other ratepayers.
Electricity
Large Load Tariffs Dashboard
This page provides relevant research and tools for state public utilities commissions, advocates, and utilities on large load tariffs — special contracts, rates, and service agreements between utilities and large load customers.
Electricity
Winter Storm Fern Highlights the Need for More Resilient Transmission
How stronger transmission and modernizing the grid could reduce outages, lower costs, and protect communities during extreme weather.
Electricity
The State of Utility Planning, 2025 Q4
A review of all integrated resource plans for electric utilities across the United States to evaluate progress toward a clean and secure energy future.
Electricity
Reality Check: How to Grow the Grid, but Not Electricity Costs
As US utilities unleash a wave of spending on new power plants and grid enhancements, past eras of grid growth offer a proven path to streamline today’s upgrades — and deliver more power, more affordably.