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There’s a better way to use the electric grid—and cut power bills
Fast Company | Adele Peters | March 10, 2026
When electricity demand is set to surge—say, from a new power-hungry data center—the default response from a utility is often to build a new (and expensive) power plant and other infrastructure. A new report released by a cross-industry coalition called Utilize argues that we can make better use of existing power on the grid instead. Read more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The U.S. may have a secret weapon against rising electricity prices
The Washington Post | Shannon Osaka | December 25, 2025
Imagine a restaurant open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week that always maintains a full staff. With the exception of weekend nights and the lunch rush, the restaurant will be empty a lot of the time. But the restaurant’s owner is paying to keep it open all the time — spending money on staffing and rent even when the number of customers is low. That’s the reality of the U.S. electricity grid. Read more.
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.