We are a coalition of consumers, nonprofits, and businesses answering the energy affordability and reliability crises by amplifying the power of distributed assets on the nation’s grid.

We’re paving the path for a more modern, resilient, consumer-driven American energy system at a moment when it’s most needed.

When we talk about distributed assets, we’re talking about devices already plugged into the grid, like batteries, vehicles, smart thermostats, and solar. We’re also talking about the technologies that enable them, like demand response, virtual power plants, grid management systems, and more.

In the Northeast and Midwest (PJM), distributed asset programs have provided thousands of megawatts during heat waves this year, and consumers were directly compensated.

New York delivered six gigawatts of distributed solar early and under budget in 2024, saving customers millions on energy bills.

A pilot program in Texas provides the grid with nearly 60 megawatts of power from customer-sited assets, while microgrids have been used to keep hospitals running during outages.

Behind-the-meter solar and storage in New England helped prevent rolling blackouts for thousands of homes and saved all ratepayers tens of millions of dollars during a heatwave in the summer of 2025.  

In California during the summer and fall of 2025, more than 100,000 distributed assets—marketed as a VPP—simultaneously discharged to the grid for two hours, performing the same function as a power plant, flattening peak energy demand.