Overview

We depend on electricity to run our economy and power our daily lives. EEI's member electric companies know that our customers are counting on us to deliver this energy safely, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, when and where it’s needed.

Across the country, we're hard at work on meeting today’s energy challenges. We’re strengthening and securing the energy grid to meet growing demand and to reduce outages and recover faster when they happen. We’re using a diverse, balanced, and domestic energy mix that is increasingly clean and helps ensure reliability. And, we’re advancing energy innovation while working to keep customer bills as low as possible.

 

Our Policy Priorities

As a nation, it is critical that we have a public policy framework that allows electric companies to build more critical energy infrastructure more quickly so that we can maintain a diverse, domestic, and dispatchable energy mix that includes natural gas, renewables, storage, and new and existing nuclear.

We must streamline siting and permitting requirements, align public policy goals, and encourage capital investment to rapidly build out the energy grid and other critical infrastructure needed to power data centers, bolster domestic manufacturing, and support the electrification of other sectors of the economy.

It is especially important that we protect the existing energy tax credits and other key tax provisions that are helping to strengthen America’s energy security while lowering customer costs and creating new jobs across the country. 

Building Sustainable Energy Infrastructure

EEI’s member companies are committed to customer reliability and affordability as they work get the energy they provide as clean as they can as fast as they can. Select a state to learn more about your electric company’s efforts to build sustainable energy infrastructure.  

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Our Environmental Leadership

Carbon Emissions Are
~41% Below 2005 Levels
Carbon emissions from the U.S. electric power sector today are as low as they were nearly 50 years ago, while electricity use has more than doubled since then.
42% of Electricity
From Carbon-Free Sources
Today, 42% of all U.S. power generation comes from clean, carbon-free sources, including renewables and nuclear energy.
Nearly 37 Gigawatts
of renewable technologies added
In 2024, nearly 37 GW of renewable technologies went online in the United States.

Changing the Energy Mix

Electric companies rely on a diverse and domestic energy mix to generate the safe, reliable, and resilient electricity we need. Over the past decade, our nation’s energy mix has changed dramatically. Today, 42 percent of our electricity comes from clean, carbon-free sources, including nuclear energy, hydropower, wind, and solar energy.

The Mix of Resources Used to Generate Electricity Has Changed Dramatically

Reducing Carbon Emissions

As electric companies continue to transition their generating fleets, their emissions are going down significantly. As of year-end 2024, the electric power sector’s carbon emissions were nearly 41 percent below a 2005 baseline. In addition, carbon emissions from the electric power sector have been lower than the transportation sector since 2016.

U.S. Power Sector CO2 Emissions

CO2 Emissions: Electric Power, Transportation, and Industrial Sectors

Company Highlights

BGE and partners launch nation’s first vehicle-to-home bidirectional charging program

Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE), Sunrun, and Ford have partnered to launch the nation’s first program that enables electric vehicle (EV) owners to power their home from their vehicle’s battery in parallel with the energy grid. Using customers’ Ford F-150 Lightning trucks with Sunrun Home Integration Systems, the vehicle-to-home pilot initiative targets BGE electric system peak hours, discharging the EV truck’s battery to reduce peak energy use, reduce air pollution, and lower electricity costs for customers who participate.

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BGE Completes Battery Energy Storage Project in Chesapeake Beach

Baltimore Gas and Electric, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, has completed the Chesapeake Battery Energy Storage System, enhancing service reliability from additional capacity for southern Ann Arundel County and parts of Calvert County in Maryland. The 1 megawatt/2 megawatt-hour battery, located in Chesapeake Beach, charges at times of low demand and discharges energy back onto the grid when demand is highest—specifically during colder months. By shifting the load, peak demand and strain on the grid are reduced and system reliability is heightened.

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Duke Energy Begins Operating Largest Battery System in North Carolina

Duke Energy has begun commercial operation of North Carolina’s largest battery system. The 11-megawatt (MW) project, located in Onslow County, will frequently be operated in conjunction with an adjacent 13-MW solar facility located within Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune—though the two sites can be operated independently. Paired together, the projects strengthen the reliability of the energy grid and make better use of existing solar-generated energy.

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San Diego Gas & Electric Opens First Public DC Fast Chargers for Trucks

Recently, San Diego Gas and Electric, along with local and California state officials, opened four public DC fast chargers designed to serve medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The 250-kilowatt chargers are designed to provide high-power charging for trucks, delivery vans, buses, and other large vehicles—and also can charge passenger cars. They provide up to 250 miles per hour of charging for a passenger car, and can charge a typical medium-duty box truck from 20 percent to 80 percent capacity in about an hour. The chargers are strategically located near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, which is the busiest commercial border crossing in California and a large contributor to the region’s air pollution due to idling cars. The new fast chargers will make it easier for electric vehicles to pass through the region, reducing emissions.

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Sempra Foundation Brings Cleaner Cookstoves to Indigenous and Underserved Communities in Mexico

Sempra Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sempra, has donated $1.1 million to Mexican-based nonprofit Fundación Mozcalti to provide indigenous and underserved communities with cleaner cookstoves and other clean energy assets. The stoves replace cooking over an open fire—a common practice in rural communities—and help advance energy access for these communities. In addition to lowering the cost and negative health effects of cooking over an open fire, the cleaner cookstoves are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 32,000 metric tons per year. The new stoves also are portable and can be used to prepare food to be sold at local markets, serving as a source of income for families. With installations now complete, more than 40,000 people in more than 60 communities across Mexico are benefitting from this project.

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