A new study from Camus Energy, Princeton ZERO Lab, and Encoord shows that data centers can speed up grid interconnection by years when they combine on-site generation, batteries, and flexible computing loads.

Grid demand is projected to rise significantly in the coming years but that doesn’t just mean peak demand growth.

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and The Brattle Group released an excellent deep dive on what’s driving retail electricity price trends in the US. The report shows that a significant share of retail price increases stems from transmission and distribution spending.

This chart shows residential load measured at four different resolutions. High-frequency data like Pecan Street’s 1-second circuit-level measurements reveal critical details that aren’t visible in typical smart-meter data.

Boo! Nothing is spookier than a little math on Halloween. We took one of our circuit level waveform captures (this one is from a washing machine) and ran a Fourier Transform to reveal its spectral skeleton.

Every home load has its own electrical signature when measured at the waveform level. We now offer ground truth, circuit level waveform data on thousands of home circuits enabling advanced research in load disaggregation, grid modeling, and power quality analysis. www.pecanstreet.org/publications...

Home electric loads have unique signatures when examined closely. This chart illustrates the startup sequence of a gas furnace’s fan circuit, which makes it possible to identify when a home is using natural gas solely through its electricity consumption.

Residential solar + storage can not only increase an individual home’s resilience, it can also ease pressure on the grid.

Indoor air pollutants can be just as harmful as outdoor ones. That’s why Pecan Street is now collecting high-resolution indoor air quality (IAQ) data from homes in our participant network.

To meet this demand, substantial solar and storage capacity is progressing through the grid interconnection approval process. This visualization highlights the location and capacity of generation resources with Full Interconnect Study approvals.

ERCOT anticipates significant load growth in Texas over the next few years, primarily driven by increased demand for data centers.

Pecan Street measures circuit level electricity data at one second intervals which gives researchers and policymakers the clearest picture of how people use energy.

Our latest blog explores how residential HVAC systems impact peak grid demand

A winter chill has set in across the country, and Pecan Street’s data highlights the best way to operate heat pumps in cold weather

The first graph shows a heat pump maintaining a steady setpoint, cycling efficiently during peak grid demand. The second graph reveals that lowering the thermostat overnight forces the system to use energy-intensive resistance heating to recover, creating high demand at the worst time for the grid.