This new, publicly available quarterly series provides updates on state and utility actions to address rising electricity costs, including utility business model reforms, utility oversight and cost recovery, infrastructure planning and procurement processes, customer cost allocation, and customer programs.
Partnered publication between the NC Clean Energy Technology Center’s DSIRE Insight team and the Smart Electric Power Alliance summarizing state-level policy and regulatory actions supporting virtual power plants (VPPs) and supporting distributed energy resources (DERs) in 2025. The report includes an analysis of recent trends, notable actions occurring in 2025, a comprehensive state-by-state breakdown of actions, and an outlook of expected 2026 activity.
Quarterly publication detailing electric power decarbonization and resource planning activity across the country. Includes a comprehensive review of all state and investor-owned utility actions related to power decarbonization studies and investigations, clean energy targets, emission reduction targets and carbon policies, generation planning and procurement rules, treatment of large load customers (including data center tariffs and clean transition tariffs), utility integrated resource plans, and electric generation capacity changes (including RFPs, utility green tariffs, utility requests for certificates of public convenience and necessity).
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Quarterly publication detailing distributed solar and rate design changes under consideration across the country. Includes a comprehensive review of all state and utility (investor-owned and large public power utilities) actions related to net metering, distributed energy resource valuation, community solar policy, residential fixed charges, mandatory residential demand charges, solar customer charges, third-party ownership legality, and utility-led rooftop solar programs.
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Quarterly publication detailing legislative and regulatory actions on grid modernization across the country. Includes a comprehensive review of state and investor-owned utility actions related to advanced metering infrastructure, smart grid technologies, energy storage, microgrids, demand response, utility business model reform, and rate reform. Actions cover studies and investigations, planning and market access rules, regulatory reforms, policies, financial incentives, and utility deployment.
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Quarterly publication detailing legislative and regulatory actions related to electric vehicles and charging infrastructure across the country. Includes a comprehensive review of state and investor-owned utility actions related to studies and investigations, regulation, rate design, market development, financial incentives, and utility deployment.
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Snapshot publication detailing legislative actions in 2025 related to solar decommissioning and financial assurance. Includes a comprehensive review of all existing statewide solar decommissioning and financial assurance policies.
Biannual data set in excel spreadsheet format detailing legislative and regulatory actions related to Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) across the country. Also includes a review of current PURPA implementation by state, including links to relevant statutes and regulations.
Biannual data set in excel spreadsheet format detailing avoided cost rates for each U.S. investor-owned utility. Also includes capacity rates if available and links to current rate tariffs.
Biannual dataset in excel spreadsheet format detailing state-by-state (including U.S. territories and federal actions) nuclear policy, covering legislative and regulatory actions, investor-owned utility resource plans, relevant studies and reports, incentives, clean energy targets, restrictions and moratoria, and significant market announcements.
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Biannual data set in excel spreadsheet format detailing community solar rules, net metering rules, and solar incentives currently in place. Also includes an archive of value of solar studies and investor-owned utility residential fixed charge decisions.
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Biannual data set in excel spreadsheet format detailing energy storage targets and incentives currently in place, approved utility grid modernization investments, state integrated resource planning rules, and completed studies related to grid modernization.
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Biannual data set in excel spreadsheet format detailing electric vehicle and charging infrastructure incentives currently in place, investor-owned utility rate tariffs for electric vehicle charging, state electric vehicle registration fees, and completed studies related to electric vehicles.
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Biannual data set in excel spreadsheet format detailing integrated resource planning rules, investor-owned utilities’ most recent integrated resource plans, clean energy standards, renewable portfolio standards, energy storage targets, offshore wind targets, emission reduction targets, large load customer tariffs, construction work in progress policies, generation ownership rules, and completed studies related to power sector decarbonization or resource planning.
Request Invoice to Purchase Individual Data Set ($500 / Last Updated January 2026)
50 States of Grid Modernization
Q1 2026 Quarterly Report (Exec. Summary)
Q4 2025 Quarterly Report & Annual Review (Exec. Summary)
Q3 2025 Quarterly Report (Exec. Summary)
50 States of Power Decarbonization
Q1 2026 Quarterly Report (Exec. Summary)
Q4 2025 Quarterly Report & Annual Review (Exec. Summary)
Q3 2025 Quarterly Report (Exec. Summary)
50 States of Solar
Q1 2026 Quarterly Report (Exec. Summary)
Q4 2025 Quarterly Report & Annual Review(Exec. Summary)
Q3 2025 Quarterly Report (Exec. Summary)
50 States of Electric Vehicles
Q1 2026 Quarterly Report (Exec. Summary)
Q4 2025 Quarterly Report & Annual Review (Exec. Summary)
Q3 2025 Quarterly Report (Exec. Summary)