Democratizing Utility Data to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition

Abstract

In the months and years to come, the utility industry should anticipate an increasing number of regulatory commissions to begin ruling on third‐party access to utility data. Several state orders are currently examining the implications of making utility data more accessible to third parties and customers. Some states are going further and broadening the data pool to include more than just customer‐metered end‐use data. Whichever position a state may take in democratizing its data, it should do so in a way which will encourage customer adoption and improve the marketing and sales of distributed energy resources (DER) and other energy solutions to help states reach their net‐zero carbon goals.