ACORE Blog Series

PJM is short on power, and its customers are paying record prices for it. The conversation about why has largely focused on data center demand, but that argument is incomplete: the slow pace of adding energy supply is also to blame, and that’s a problem states are uniquely positioned to solve.

Building on ACORE’s longstanding partnership with WRISE, the session featured Tetyana Rabczak of NextGen Energy Partners, alongside Angela Adduci of BMO Climate Institute, Heidi Gorrill of Slipstream, and Lauren Haller of Pattern Energy. Together, they explored how entrepreneurs and industry partners can advance clean energy innovation in local and state markets.

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (or BAAJA for short) is a transformative bill and an essential step to speed up the deployment of clean energy and transmission in the United States. 

At a recent United States Energy Administration (USEA) and ACORE briefing for congressional staff, panelists agreed that smart grid expansion will benefit economic development, affordability, national security, and resilience – and that thoughtful policy change is necessary to facilitate that rapid expansion.

A recap of U.S. clean energy trade policy in 2026, including key statutory authorities, major developments, and a timeline of federal trade actions.

Electricity demand is booming, and the businesses investing in the grid and building actual power plants are responding by planning more clean power additions. 

In a new Issue Brief, ACORE calls for renewed attention to the critical need for interconnection reforms, especially the most fundamental step of holistic integration of transmission planning (both regional and interregional) with the load and generation interconnection processes.

ACORE President and CEO Ray Long and several members of our Board rang the Opening Bell to open the New York Stock Exchange on July 29.

ACORE brought 40 regulators, consumer advocates, and transmission experts on a field trip to a Great River Energy (GRE) transmission field to see a dynamic line rating (DLR) demonstration.