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Google and Tesla think we’re managing the electrical grid all wrong
Utilize coalition highlights 53% average grid use and pushes for wider adoption of smart tech to save over $100 billion for US consumers in the next decade.
- On Tuesday, Utilize, a new industry coalition founded by Tesla, Google, Verrus, Carrier, Renew Home, Sparkfund, and SPAN, launched to advocate grid policy changes.
- The US grid operates at about 53% average capacity, according to Duke University, while battery storage, demand response, and virtual power plants remain underutilized.
- Utilize already cites a legislative win: Virginia's SB 621/HB 434 passed and now awaits Governor Abigail Spanberger's signature, while Tesla deployed 46.7 GWh in 2025 and is ramping a Houston Megapack factory targeting 50 GWh by 2026.
- Coalition officials say potential savings could exceed $100 billion over ten years, and 76 to 215 gigawatts of demand could be served without exceeding historical peak conditions.
- The coalition pairs large power buyers with equipment and service providers as US data center demand is projected to reach 75.8 GW in 2026 and nearly triple to 134.4 GW by 2030.
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Tesla, Google, industry and specialized software publishers announced on Tuesday the creation of an organization dedicated to the optimization of the American electricity network, notably thanks to the accelerated development of batteries. ...
On March 10, 2026, Tesla, Google and several industrialists formalized the launch of the Utilize coalition in Washington. Their goal is to influence regulators and US states to change the way the electricity grid is controlled, planned and valued, in a context of a sharp rise in electricity demand. The target is clear: making network optimization an immediate response to the surge in energy needs, rather than waiting only for heavy infrastructur…
Google, Tesla and other companies launched Utilize, a new coalition that claims that the power grid is underutilized and that technologies are already able to take better advantage of its idle capacity. The group seeks to push policy changes at a time when the energy demand for data centers and new electrical charges is growing rapidly. *** Google, Tesla, Verrus, Carrier, Renew Home, Sparkfund and Span founded the Utilize coalition. The group cl…
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