Unlocking Billions in Grid Savings: How Texas DERs Can Lead the Way
Texas is growing fast, and with that growth comes rising energy demand. A new report released by the Texas state chapter of Advanced Energy United—a partner of the Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) Flagship 2026 event—finds that Texas could save billions by better integrating distributed energy resources into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’s (ERCOT) grid planning and market operations.
The report places the total value of better DER integration at $18.9 billion over ten years, with savings that would strengthen reliability, enhance competition, and help meet the state’s growing power needs.
The analysis found modernizing ERCOT’s planning and market rules to allow distributed energy participation would unlock these savings while improving transparency, competition, and grid resilience across the Texas electric system.
Although the report focuses specifically on Texas, its findings offer a compelling blueprint for states nationwide. As energy demand continues to rise across the country, better integration of local, customer-owned energy resources can play a critical role in lowering system costs, improving reliability, and accelerating the transition to a more flexible, resilient power grid.
To read more, click here to access the report.
