This past month, our team has been out in the field, visiting sites across the country and showing up where it matters most. We've kept operations running and minimized impacts through Winter Storm Fern, our new account management team has been meeting customers face-to-face every week to strengthen relationships and stay close to what matters to them, and we brought our ecosystem together at the AccelDev Partner Summit at the new MEI+ Lab.
This is how we lead—present, engaged, and solving problems in real time. We're modernizing energy alongside the people we serve, not from a distance.
When Winter Storm Fern was announced, our Asset Management team responded immediately to protect our sites and develop proactive plans for potentially impacted locations. We are highlighting our 7,514 kW Memphis community solar project in upstate New York. By proactively stowing the trackers and positioning them for snow shedding, the team reduced wind risk, minimized on-panel snow accumulation, and protected long-term performance—ensuring continued value for community solar subscribers served through NYSEG.
The White House and Mid-Atlantic governors are urging PJM to hold an emergency capacity auction that could support up to $15 billion in new generation through 15-year contracts, addressing reliability risks and rising prices driven by data center demand.
A Utility Dive analysis suggests customers are unlikely to see bill relief in 2026 as power costs and demand rise, highlighting the growing value of distributed solar, storage, and load flexibility.
This month marks a key movement in clean energy in New York, Wisconsin and Illinois.
The Accelerate Solar for Affordable Power (ASAP) Act has been revived for the 2026 legislative session and is gaining momentum. The bill would raise New York’s rooftop and community solar goal to 20 GW by 2035 and includes interconnection reforms and a NYSERDA roadmap to accelerate deployment.
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At a Wisconsin agriculture committee hearing, farmers, businesses, and energy experts supported proposed community solar legislation, highlighting its ability to expand rural energy access, strengthen local economies, and meet growing electricity demand more quickly and affordably than large-scale generation.
ComEd has filed a $15.3 billion, four-year grid upgrade plan with Illinois regulators (2028–2031) to support reliability and manage peak load amid growing electrification and data center demand. Residential costs may rise $2.50–$3 per month starting in 2028.
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We hosted our AccelDev Partners at the new MEI+ Lab for a Partner Summit. The day was packed—AI, storage policy, project workflows, data center updates. But the best part was watching everyone connect. Partners shared insights with each other, and the Madison team learned just as much from them. This is how our ecosystem gets stronger. First of many for the MEI+ Lab!
Meet Account Management—our new function built to deliver certainty, speed, and trust. Every Madison customer now has a dedicated point of contact focused on seamless communication, stronger operations, and identifying opportunities to support your business.
This year, Rich Allevi, our VP of Account Management, and his team are visiting customers rain or shine. The photo above is proof! Having an account management team means we get to hear more about our customers' needs and keep our entire team informed with insights from the field.
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