A conversation with Erik Underwood of Basis Climate and James Coombes of Conductor Solar When the Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022, Erik Underwood and his co-founder read the legislation, saw the part about tax credit transferability, looked at each other, and...
Behind the Meter
2026 Energy Predictions: Batteries, AI Data Centers, and the Institutional Capital Shift
Jan 7, 2026
Behind-the-meter energy systems are entering a new phase—one defined by optimization, institutional investment, and state-level incentives filling federal gaps. Here's what energy decision-makers need to know heading into 2026. For the third time, Bill...
Beyond Roof Leases: How Leading CRE Owners Are Monetizing Solar
Dec 17, 2025
Insights from our recent webinar about monetizing solar and storage featuring Regency Centers, Kire Builders, and Ivy Energy. For years, commercial real estate owners interested in onsite solar have defaulted to the simplest path: lease your roof to a third-party...
How an Aging Grid, AI, and Electrification Are Impacting Energy Rates
Oct 22, 2025
The electricity landscape we’ve known for decades is experiencing what we’re calling a “perfect storm” of challenges. After two decades of flat energy demand, we’re witnessing a steep incline that’s colliding with a grid that was largely built in the 1960s and 70s....
The One Big Beautiful Bill: The Impact to Onsite Energy Projects
Jul 16, 2025
Despite widespread concerns that the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will devastate the onsite energy market, a deeper analysis reveals a fundamentally different story—one of opportunity disguised as disruption. Headlines focus on the acceleration of the solar tax credit...
New Features Update: Portfolios and User Permissions
Jun 25, 2025
We’ve rolled out several new platform features that enable efficient, nuanced management of large portfolios of sites within an organization where there are multiple different user types. With these updates, cross-functional teams can easily access certain portfolios,...
The Rising Cost of Electricity Explained
Apr 23, 2025
Media coverage constantly pits energy sources against each other—coal versus nuclear, gas versus renewables—in an endless tug-of-war. But this narrative misses a crucial reality: the fundamental challenge around the rising cost of electricity isn't how we generate it,...
Leading Rooftop Community Solar Programs
Mar 31, 2025
Community solar programs have emerged as a powerful solution for expanding access to renewable energy, particularly for those who cannot install solar panels on their own properties. The programs have primarily focused on ground-mount solar, but an increasing number...
Analyzing the Potential Impact of A Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits
Mar 13, 2025
As the Senate debates whether to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and with it clean energy tax credits, as part of the House's proposed Big Beautiful Bill, we want to shed some more light on what a repeal could mean for solar and battery storage project...