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Lessons Learned from Puerto Rico’s First Virtual Power Plant

February 10, 2026

This CESA case study profiles Puerto Rico’s first VPP program. The study explores how customer-centered program design and collaborative efforts between the utility, program aggregators, and end users helped bring LUMA Energy’s Customer Battery Energy Sharing (CBES) program to life and scale it into a model for clean, resilient power.  

Directory of State Low- and Moderate-Income Clean Energy Programs

February 4, 2026

This directory lists and describes state clean energy programs for low- and moderate-income residents and communities.

How States Can Address Load Growth While Decarbonizing

January 21, 2026

This CESA report aims to help state officials, as well as other stakeholders, understand how policymakers can respond to electric load growth in ways that continue to advance decarbonization of the electricity system.

What States Need to Know About Plug-In Solar

January 9, 2026

This paper provides information and guidance on plug-in solar configurations, regulatory issues, economics, and safety concerns.

Table of State Energy Storage Targets, Progress, and Comments

January 8, 2026

Minnesota’s Growing Clean Energy Economy: A Video Interview with Pete Wyckoff at the Minnesota Department of Commerce

December 23, 2025

CESA staff sat down with Pete Wyckoff, Deputy Commissioner of Energy Resources at the Minnesota Department of Commerce, to discuss Minnesota’s goal of 100% clean electricity by 2040, and why clean energy is vital to a thriving Minnesotan economy.

Investing in Innovation: A Video Interview with Richard Bourgeois at NYSERDA

December 17, 2025

This two-minute video interview features Richard Bourgeois, Associate Director of Innovation Partnerships at NYSERDA. Richard discusses why New York is investing in innovation and how partnerships between states help move clean energy innovation forward.

“How to Make Solar for All a Reality”: Summary of Opportunities for Funders and Allies

December 3, 2025

Broadening access remains critical to achieve affordability, reliability, and decarbonization goals with solar and solar+storage. A group of nonprofit and Tribal Solar for All grantees produced a summary of the funding, policy, and communication strategies that potential funders and allies seeking to continue this work can prioritize. Among others, strategies include supporting virtual power plant…

Offshore Wind Power Hub

November 18, 2025

Explore offshore wind policies, projects, and lease areas in the United States using the Offshore Wind Power Hub’s interactive map. Click on a state, project icon, or lease area to learn more.

Energy Bill Literacy Resources

November 13, 2025

Many state energy agencies are interested in educating consumers. CESA has compiled and organized this directory of resources to help consumer education efforts around energy bill literacy.