Is your utility ready to meet the evolving expectations for serving Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)?
As the energy sector shifts towards greater equity, utilities are expected to integrate DACs into the core of their planning and investment strategies—not just to meet regulatory requirements, but to create long-term value for communities and their own operations.
🔑 Here are three key strategies utilities can adopt to stay ahead:
• Leverage Granular, High-Resolution Data: Identifying and addressing the specific needs of DACs requires detailed, location-based data. This data empowers utilities to prioritize infrastructure upgrades that directly impact community resilience and inform transparent, data-driven regulatory filings.
• Engage Proactively with Regulatory Bodies: Proactively working with regulators, backed by comprehensive data, ensures that grid modernization proposals reflect both immediate infrastructure needs and long-term community benefits. By aligning investments with regulatory expectations, utilities can drive forward equitable energy transitions.
• Invest with a Focus on Measurable Community Outcomes: Go beyond compliance by prioritizing grid investments that reduce energy burdens, improve reliability, and deliver tangible benefits to underserved communities. Incorporating performance metrics that track reductions in energy costs and enhanced service reliability demonstrates clear value to regulators and customers alike.
Focusing on DACs offers utilities the opportunity to shape a future where clean energy access and community well-being go hand in hand.
Curious how your utility can better serve DACs and stay ahead in the energy transition? Learn more in our white paper: https://lnkd.in/gqTb_q-n
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