The dawn of a new DERcade

The dawn of a new DERcade

From DER Task Force by DER Task Force

January 30, 2026 · 1h 51m

About this episode

The episode discusses New Year’s resolutions and key themes for the future of distributed energy resources over the next decade.

We’re back! This time with a solo pod. We continue our tradition of talking about New Year’s resolutions, unpacking DERVOS ‘25, and looking ahead to DERVOS ‘26 and beyond. We feel we’re at the start of a new epoch—rather, DERcade—so we try to tee up the key themes and what we’re interested in exploring for the next 10 years. We get into what’s up at Scale and David Energy, permissionless DERs, scalability, affordability and electricity being the super topic on the national stage in ‘26 for the first time, how it’s going to be real weird and messy, electrostates being The Thing, institutional decay in the US and on the grid, nimbyism and how some states are going to get left behind, building mainstream narratives, AI and data centers, and so much more! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dertaskforce.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: DER Task Force

Topics covered

  • New Year's resolutions
  • DERVOS
  • electricity
  • scalability
  • affordability
  • AI and data centers
  • institutional decay

Keywords

  • DERcade
  • permissionless DERs
  • electrostates
  • nimbyism
  • mainstream narratives
  • electricity
  • scalability
  • affordability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DERVOS '25, DERVOS '26, Scale, David Energy

Places: US

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