Utilities acknowledge these pressures and are investing in solutions: expanding renewable portfolios, streamlining interconnection processes and piloting AI-driven planning tools that can cut study timelines from years to months. These efforts show utilities’ commitment to meeting customer needs, with distributed resources playing a supporting role.

On-demand power complements these efforts by acting as a safety valve. It allows businesses to grow while utilities complete long-term projects and provides resiliency and reliability once the utility has connected. Flexible, distributed systems not only provide resilience at the facility level, but can also support utilities during peaks or outages, reinforcing the partnership between customers and providers.