Transforming the U.S. Electric System: Leading Companies Investing in the Future of Energy

The changes that are reshaping the electric sector create both challenges and opportunities for the companies that build, maintain, and operate the system that produces and distributes this electricity. This report profiles a diverse cross-section of companies that are proactively leading this transition and seizing on new market opportunities by investing in alternative energy sources, advanced grid technologies, and energy efficiency products and services. These companies are making investments throughout the electric power system, including both supply-side and demand-side investments. These profiled companies—NextEra Energy, Calpine Corporation, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Green Mountain Power, Xcel Energy, and Austin Energy—represent a geographically diverse sampling of investor-owned utilities, merchant generators, and public utilities.