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RELEASE: Carrier, Tesla, and Industry Leaders Launch Campaign to Lower Electricity Costs by Unlocking Underused Grid Capacity
Utilize Coalition | March 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new industry-led coalition, Utilize, today announced its launch to address the most urgent challenges facing the U.S. energy system: growing electricity demand and rising power bills driven in part by an electric grid that is built for short periods of peak use but underutilized most of the time. Read more.
Exclusive: Google, Tesla, others tackle energy affordability
Axios | Chuck McCutcheon | March 10, 2026
A new coalition of companies that includes Google and Tesla will address energy affordability by tapping into underused electricity grid capacity, coalition officials told Axios exclusively. Read more.
Tesla, Google, Carrier Launch Coalition to Save $100B+ by Unlocking Idle Grid Capacity
Electrek | Fred Lambert | March 10, 2026
Tesla, Google, and Carrier are among the founding members of a new industry coalition called Utilize, which launched today with a bold claim: the US power grid is so underused that better utilization could save American consumers over $100 billion over the next decade. Read more.
Google and Tesla Know Electricity Is Expensive. They're Teaming Up to Bring You an Alternative.
Fortune | Jacqueline Munis | March 12, 2026
Americans’ electricity costs rose by 30% between 2021 and 2025 and show no signs of going down. And with the war in Iran threatening the global oil supply, and data centers pushing up energy demands and prices, the cost of energy is almost guaranteed to increase even more. Read more.
Energy Affordability Bills Move to Governor's Desk
Loudoun Now | Hanna Pampaloni | March 4, 2026
Two energy bills proposed by Sen. Kannan Srinivasan (D-32) that look to reduce utility costs for low-income residents and make better use of existing energy infrastructure are heading to Gov. Abigail Spanberger for consideration. Two other bills, one by Srinivasan and another by Sen. Russet Perry (D-31) will not be moving forward. Read more.