The budget reconciliation process is underway on the Hill, and all systems are a go. We launched a six-figure paid campaign this week to amplify advanced energy success stories in key districts. The campaign comes at a crucial time as the House Ways and Means Committee released language that would gut and sunset critical clean energy tax provisions. The current proposal doesn’t reflect the bipartisan recognition of advanced energy’s essential role in delivering abundant, affordable, and reliable power. We are working with our industry members and peers to work towards a proposal that preserves the smart tax credits, which have spurred private investment in advanced energy construction projects, manufacturing, and customer solutions that are helping to keep the lights on across the nation. We are hearing directly from leaders all over the country, who are seeing firsthand how these tax credits are delivering real benefits to their districts. I invite you to visit and share UnlockingAdvancedEnergy.com, where we have built a catalogue of tax credit stories and videos from member companies and partners in key states across the U.S., demonstrating how these credits are creating jobs, cutting electricity bills, and supporting American energy dominance. Now is the time to engage– delaying action puts all of the progress we have made and future investment at risk. We have also created state-specific social media toolkits to spread the message on how unlocking advanced energy is helping real American families, businesses, and communities. Please join us in getting the word out.
This week, the House Ways and Means Committee full reconciliation proposal was released, which included a range of concerning changes to important tax policies that support American energy projects. United’s CEO and President Heather O’Neill condemned the proposal, emphasizing the harmful impacts these changes will have on American energy dominance, job growth, and investment manufacturing across the country. Read more.>
California’s May Revision to the 2025–26 state budget maintains some investments in critical programs that help ensure affordable and reliable energy, but it falls short of the broader vision needed to unlock customer-driven energy solutions. United’s Edson Perez highlighted California as an advanced energy leader, noting that businesses across the state are ready to utilize clean, affordable energy technologies, but stalling progress risks losing private investments, grid reliability, and cost certainty. Read more.>
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed the Utility Transparency and Accountability Act into law this week, making Maryland the first state to require its utilities to publicly disclose how they vote at PJM Interconnection. United’s Katie Mettle stated that this new law will improve public oversight, provide transparency for ratepayers, and ensure alignment with the state’s energy goals. Read more.>
United and Demand Side Analytics recently launched a new report, Massachusetts Study on Time-Varying Rate Design to Enable Electrification, which finds that smarter electric rate design could significantly reduce energy bills for Massachusetts households that switch from gas furnace heating to clean electric heat pumps. In a statement, United’s Shawn Kelly and Sarah Steinberg, co-authors of the report, spoke to the benefits of heat pumps and efficiency upgrades for homeowners and state residents, such as lowered electricity costs, reduced strain on the grid, and increased energy security. Read more.>
The New York State Legislature passed its 2026 budget, including provisions that prioritize cost-saving clean energy policies that will drive investment, minimize costs to New Yorkers, and modernize the grid. United’s Kristina Persaud commended New York policymakers for seizing the opportunity to grow the state’s advanced energy leadership by making crucial investments in EV and clean building infrastructure. Read more.>
United's Shawn Kelly and Sarah Steinberg discuss United's latest report with Demand Side Analytics, which identifies ways in which Massachusetts could support electrification without abandoning its energy conservation and long-term system cost containment imperatives. The report's findings discovered that a time-of-use electric rate, paired with enhanced energy efficiency efforts, can significantly reduce residential energy bills for electrified homes while mitigating rate increases for all homes. Read more.>
California is making enormous strides in its race to 100% clean energy, but rapidly rising electricity prices are threatening to hold the Golden State back. The root of the problem? Californians are paying billions to build and maintain grid infrastructure that sits mostly idle. Instead of continuing to overbuild in this way, United's Edson Perez and Brian Turner examine a different approach: demand flexibility, a smarter way to use California's existing grid to reduce electricity costs, bolster energy security, and meet growing energy demand throughout the state. Read more.>
Distributed energy resources (DERs)—like rooftop solar, battery storage, electric vehicles (EVs), and heat pumps—are transforming the grid from the bottom up. But while adoption surges, too many projects are stuck in limbo, unable to get energized due to systemic delays, unpredictable costs, and fragmented interconnection processes. In United’s upcoming webinar, we will explore barriers across the full DER landscape, with a special focus on transportation electrification and EV charging infrastructure. United’s Elizabeth (Lizzy) Stears and expert panelists will take a deep dive into Breaking the Bottleneck, a new report based on interviews with 24 experts across the DER ecosystem. Register here.>
Reuters reports on United's launched advertising campaign aiming to communicate the importance of key clean energy tax credits currently under threat by the recently released federal budget proposal. United's CEO and President Heather O'Neill spoke to the vital role that these tax credits provide for job creation, economic growth, and maintaining American energy dominance. Read more.>
Inside Climate News reports on the advancement of legislation to repeal key clean energy tax credits. United's Harry Godfrey and other advocates warn that this move could increase energy costs, jeopardize thousands of clean energy jobs, and threaten America's energy dominance. Read more.>
E&E News reports that the Bonneville Power Administration has opted to join the Southwest Power Pool's Markets+ day-ahead market instead of the California Independent System Operator's Extended Day Ahead Market, a decision with major implications for the Western power grid's future. United's Leah Rubin Shen condemned the move, cautioning that it risks creating a fragmented market structure, increasing costs, and reducing grid reliability. Read more.>
Inside Climate News reports that nine Northeastern states have unveiled the Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission plan, which aims to identify, advance, and finance interregional transmission projects that prioritize public interest goals over market profits. United's Jon Gordon noted that the plan reflects the states' growing frustration with regional grid operators over stalled energy projects. Read more.>
Canary Media reports that Illinois lawmakers are pushing to pass legislation that would jumpstart large-scale battery storage deployment to meet the state's clean energy goals and growing electricity demand. United's Samarth Medakkar called on state legislators to swiftly pass the proposed bills, emphasizing that prompt action would enable Illinois to procure energy storage projects—enhancing grid reliability, stimulating economic growth, and lowering electricity costs for consumers. Read more.>
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed two bipartisan clean energy bills that aimed to expand small solar projects and energy storage across the state. Inside Climate News spoke with several clean energy experts and advocates, including United's Jim Purekal, who stated that the veto was a missed opportunity to increase grid reliability, reduce costs for ratepayers, and bolster energy security across the state. Read more.>
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada has approved United member company Google’s partnership with NV Energy to bring new, clean capacity to Nevada under the Clean Transition Tariff. This new type of utility rate creates a scalable pathway for utilities and large energy users to invest in clean, reliable electricity and accelerate advanced energy technologies. Read more.>
United member company EDF Renewables North America and EDF International Division Americas have merged as part of an initiative to strategically leverage the EDF Group’s highly specialized expertise and to offer an integrated approach to the decarbonization of electricity systems and markets. The name for the new combined entity is EDF power solutions North America. Read more.>
Join us next week at the California Demand Flexibility Summit in Davis, CA. This event will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and researchers to share insights, evaluate progress, and identify strategies needed to advance demand flexibility in The Golden State. Don’t miss United’s Brian Turner, who will present during the “Adapting Demand Flexibility Innovations for California” panel alongside representatives from United member companies LEAP, Octopus Energy, and EnergyHub. Register here.>
United is facilitating a forum and workshop in partnership with DTECH Events at DTECH Data Centers & AI in San Jose, CA. This three-hour forum and workshop will showcase AI-powered automation and advanced tools that are helping drive improvements to an increasingly complex grid along with a solutions-oriented discussion about the policy and regulatory mechanisms needed to ensure that utilities can take advantage of such tools. To attend this workshop, you must register for the event and add the Grid Edge Innovation Workshop as an add-on to your registration when checking out. Save 20% on your registration with code: DPARTNER1. Register here.>
Join Canary Live for an evening of expert insights, networking, drinks, and hors d'oeuvres at the National Press Club. As the Signature Sponsor of the event, our United team looks forward to hearing from industry experts and lawmakers on the current energy landscape and actions states can take to continue the momentum of the clean energy transition amidst political uncertainty. Register here.>
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