What is eLab?

eLab is an assembly of thought leaders and decision makers from across the U.S. electricity sector. The group focuses on collaborative innovation to address critical institutional, regulatory, business, economic, and technical barriers to the economic deployment of distributed resources in the U.S. electricity sector.

In particular, eLab works to answer three key questions:

• How can we understand and effectively communicate the real costs and benefits of distributed resources as part of the electricity system?
• How can we harmonize regulatory frameworks, pricing structures, and business models of utilities and distributed resource developers to enable varied solutions that yield the greatest benefit to customers and society as a whole?
• How can we accelerate the pace of economic distributed resource adoption?

A multi-year program, eLab regularly brings together key actors to identify, test, and spread practical solutions to the challenges inherent in these questions. eLab has three annual working group meetings, coupled with ongoing project work, all facilitated and supported by RMI.

eLab meetings allow members to share learnings, best practices, and analysis results; collaborate around key issues or needs; and conduct deep-dives into research and analysis findings.

eLab: Value of Distributed Resources