What happens to the business case for onsite energy when the incentives that helped drive it start to disappear? In this episode, we explore how changing U.S. energy policy, rising electricity costs, and growing grid investment are reshaping the economics of solar, batteries, and other onsite energy systems. You’ll learn why incentives should be treated as one part of a broader strategy, how to identify the highest-value opportunities across a portfolio, and what businesses should understand before deciding where and when to invest.
The conversation also breaks down the factors that determine whether a project makes financial sense, from electricity usage and demand charges to installation costs, additional value streams, and supplier margins. Listen in to hear why competitive procurement can materially change project economics, how to compare proposals effectively, why a portfolio-wide approach can uncover opportunities that individual sites might miss, and how businesses can build a strategy that remains useful even as the policy environment continues to shift.
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What You’ll Learn in Today’s Episode:
- How energy policy is changing the market.
- Why rising electricity costs matter.
- How to evaluate opportunities across a portfolio.
- Why incentives shouldn’t drive strategy.
- How to prioritize projects economically.
- What goes into an onsite energy business case.
- How demand charges affect project economics.
- Where onsite energy costs come from.
- Why competitive procurement matters.
- How to evaluate competing project proposals.
