Why Microgrids

Microgrids are the energy technology for our times, unique in their ability to meet pressing challenges posed by climate change. Microgrids immediately protect society from energy disruptions wrought by climate disasters. They foster clean energy to avoid even greater weather extremes in the decades to come. And they do all of this in an equitable fashion, making clean energy — and the economic prosperity it can bring — available to all communities.

Explore the Think Microgrid Policy Tracker

Microgrid Policy Tracker

The Microgrid Policy Tracker is more than a database—it's a platform designed to connect people working on microgrids across the country. We're monitoring policy developments, regulatory proceedings, and notable projects nationwide, but our real goal is to foster collaboration and community-building at both local and national levels.

Whether you're participating in a regulatory proceeding, developing an innovative project, or tracking microgrid policy in your state, we want to hear from you. The tracker includes features that let you share insights on specific projects and connect with others working on similar initiatives across the country.

Explore the tracker, share your insights, and help us build a stronger microgrid community.

Why Think Microgrid?

Because time is of the essence in bringing greater resilience to the electric grid, a coalition of leading energy and technology companies formed Think Microgrid in 2021 to address the inherent barriers to microgrids embedded in legacy regulatory policy.

Think Microgrid Vision Paper

This vision paper marks the start of an educational campaign to help policymakers understand how microgrids provide unique solutions for the pressing challenges of our time.

Think Microgrid:

Establishes a common voice for the industry to heighten understanding within government and media of the critical role that microgrids play in achieving resiliency, climate and equity goals.
Provides a coordinated approach to building relationships and leading discussions with policymakers, regulators and lawmakers.
Works to advance pending government initiatives that support microgrid adoption and encourage new policy activity and government programs in promising jurisdictions.
Fosters cooperation and alliances with the leading policy stakeholders.

Think Microgrid stands ready to assist government entities—cities, states and federal agencies—as they explore strategies to increase use of microgrids. For more information, please contact Cameron Brooks, executive director of Think Microgrid, [email protected]

The Benefits of Membership

Here are just a few of the benefits we offer our members:

Education
Public Affairs Advocacy
Intelligence Reports
Hosted Events
Collaboration Opportunities

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Join Think Microgrid

Think Microgrid is actively building collaborative partnerships and expanding its membership base. We are engaging with policymakers to ensure that microgrids are well understood and that the policies surrounding them bring their unique benefits to states and federal agencies.

We would love to have you join us and explore how we can work together!