Grid Modernization

The energy system in the United States is undergoing an unprecedented transition as disruptive, consumer-centric technologies upend the historic model of simply supplying energy to passive consumers. Utilities face expectations to accommodate and promote distributed solar, efficiency, smart energy management, and energy storage, even as these technologies challenge utilities’ revenue structures. Acadia Center is following this transition closely in the Northeast and commenting on what the utilities are doing to modernize the grid.