Heather O’Neill

The Message Is Clear: Clean Energy Wins at the Ballot Box “The results of both Governors races reflect that leaders who embrace clean energy as a path to lower bills, reliable power, and economic growth are being rewarded at the ballot box,” said Heather O’N...

Clean energy wins at the ballot box! Gov-elects in VA and NJ both ran on practical clean energy solutions to the energy affordability crisis and reliability concerns…and voters responded. 💡🔌@advancedenergyunited.org blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/va-...

Always! Every advocacy win requires a coalition. Any group or person that says they did it themselves is full of it. This was a multi-year, multi-issue, multi-faceted coalition. Love to see it!

Newly Passed Legislation to Help Prevent Further Utility Bill Spikes Amid Rising Energy Demands in Illinois Illinois legislators today responded to rising utility bills and growing energy demand by passing the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA), paving the way for substantially more battery st...

The legislation provides a huge boost for energy storage of all sizes, large scale wind and solar, VPPs, gas and electric efficiency, transmission upgrades, and more! blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/new...

Celebrating a big win for @advancedenergyunited.org and our industry with yesterday’s passage of the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act in Illinois! CRGA will protect consumers and stabilize costs. 💡🔌 #energysky

Nearly unanimous bipartisan support for expanding and planning Virtual Power Plant resources that would bring much-needed flexibility to our grid in CA - and save all of us $$$. Disappointed (is the polite word) in Gov. Newsom’s baffling veto. 💡🔌 @advancedenergyunited.org

@advancedenergyunited.org agenda for states is simple:
👷Build it
✨Make it flexible
💲Make it affordable.
My call to action for our industry is to engage NOW in states and regions so that decision-makers understand how our industry can help them meet the moment.

Check out my conversation with @latitudemedia.bsky.social on how advanced energy is providing solutions to energy affordability and reliability challenges with @advancedenergyunited.org new advocacy playbook.

So incredibly proud of the @advancedenergyunited.org team that’s been working this for nearly a decade. A western grid and market will lower costs and help keep the lights on, across the region. Let’s go! 💡🔌

As PJM prices rise, flexibility can’t be ignored Rather than viewing rising capacity costs as simply a burden, energy users should understand them as incentives for more efficient and dynamic loads.

Yes to this opinion piece by @advancedenergyunited.org member Enel about the power of flexibility in meeting rising electricity demand. Let’s make the grid flexible! 💡🔌 www.utilitydive.com/news/as-pjm-...

Will Blue States Open Up Their Wallets for Renewables? A conversation with Heather O’Neill of Advanced Energy United.

A different moment demands a different response.

In a recent interview with @heatmap.news, @jael.bsky.social, Advanced Energy United President and CEO @honeill.bsky.social highlights how, amid federal rollbacks and growing budget pressures, states are now at the center of the energy transition.

I really enjoyed this conversation with @jael.bsky.social about how the advanced energy industry can meet the moment, provide solutions to our energy challenges, and chart the path forward in states and regions, where @advancedenergyunited.org has a track record of success. 💡🔌

State leaders can take action now so we can build large scale projects to meet new load growth and make smart policy reforms to get more out of existing energy infrastructure with VPPs and ATTs and more.

Advanced energy resources are available, affordable, and deployable now!

This transformation is driven by:
🔋technological innovation–clean tech are cheapest options with superior performance 
🙋customer preference– people want greater control over energy use and cost 
💡state policies–Gov’s, state leg’s, utility regulators have a ton of influence on energy deployment.

I was asked recently if clean energy was dead, and on a @advancedenergyunited.org webinar, a viewer asked us to counter the bad vibes.

Advanced energy is here to stay! Yes, the headwinds are serious and challenges are real. But we are in the midst of an energy transformation that is unstoppable.

See our statement below. Our industry is here and ready to meet this moment - our work continues! @advancedenergyunited.org

Advanced Energy United Reacts to Final Passage of H.R. 1 Advanced Energy United President and CEO Heather O'Neill released a statement following final passage of H.R. 1.

Welp, Congress acted, and may have now created an actual energy emergency. We’ve now got work to do in the states: the advanced energy industry is here and ready. Our statement on the legislation here. 🔌 💡 @advancedenergyunited.org blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/fin...

Advanced Energy United Reacts to Senate Passage of Budget Bill Advanced Energy United President and CEO Heather O'Neill released a statement following the U.S. Senate passage of H.R. 1.

Our statement on Senate bill. Our biz are already meeting the moment, supplying affordable, reliable energy to Americans, but this bill hamstrings our industry. Essential that House doesn’t make it worse. @advancedenergyunited.org 💡🔌 blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/sen...

Five years in, the Virginia Clean Economy Act is paying off There are now 118,000 good-paying jobs in the Virginia advanced energy industry. Clean energy policy didn’t just enable new power generation; it helped signal to global manufacturers that Virginia …

While we are all waiting for the Senate, Happy 5th Birthday to Virginia Clean Economy Act! 🎉🎂 Important to celebrate good policy and path forward. (Hint: it involves states!) 💡🔌 @advancedenergyunited.org cardinalnews.org/2025/07/01/f...

GOP tax bill draws flak on energy provisions from some onetime allies The GOP’s massive tax and immigration measure slashes federal funding on renewables and clean energy initiatives just as U.S. energy demand soars

🚨Senators can still act to fix energy tax provisions in this bill and save American energy abundance! 🚨
💡🔌 @advancedenergyunited.org www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Senate Backpedals on American Energy Dominance Ahead of a planned vote by the Senate on H.R. 1, national business association Advanced Energy United President and CEO Heather O'Neill called for immediate changes to the bill.

🚨American energy dominance is at risk. The Senate is set to hike consumers’ energy bills and threaten grid reliability. 🚨🔌💡

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🚨 Our message to the Senate this morning: Amend, or vote NO!

“A vote for this bill is a vote to eliminate millions of jobs and thousands of energy projects while jacking up electric costs and endangering reliability," says @honeill.bsky.social, United President and CEO.

Senate Backpedals on American Energy Dominance Ahead of a planned vote by the Senate on H.R. 1, national business association Advanced Energy United President and CEO Heather O'Neill called for immediate changes to the bill.

🚨American energy dominance is at risk. The Senate is set to hike consumers’ energy bills and threaten grid reliability. 🚨🔌💡

blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/sen...

How rooftop solar is helping New England stay cool during the heat wave At peak hours during this week's heat wave, solar panels on homes, businesses, parking lots and alongside roads are helping relieve stress on the electric grid.

Rooftop solar helping keep the lights on in New England. Helps manage energy costs (less need tor new expensive peaker plants), and creates grid flex even in record breaking heat. @advancedenergyunited.org 💡🔌https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/06/24/behind-the-meter-solar-peak-demand-iso-new-england

Chart: Hundreds of gigawatts of clean energy at risk with GOP bill As written, the “Big Beautiful Bill” would cast uncertainty over a staggering amount of solar, battery, and wind projects, just as energy demand is…

The Senate can make a difference here. The advanced energy industry is ready to meet growing demand for energy and manage consumer costs. @advancedenergyunited.org
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Kiggans Continues to Fight for Smart Energy Policy in Reconciliation WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) led a bipartisan letter to Senate leadership encouraging commonsense reforms to key provisions in th...

Senate has opp’y to keep U.S. energy abundance alive. House R’s are calling on Senate to improve clean energy tax provisions - keep U.S. energy costs low and keep us competitive. 🔌💡https://kiggans.house.gov/posts/kiggans-continues-to-fight-for-smart-energy-policy-in-reconciliation?mc_cid=09effbbe16

House budget bill effectively kills US clean energy boom The House budget bill that narrowly passed in an early morning vote on Thursday would effectively put the brakes on a clean energy production boom in the United States spurred by tax credits enacted in 2022.

Good summary of all the ways in which the House bill will kill American energy abundance, hike costs for consumers, and weaken our grid. 💡🔌@advancedenergyunited.org www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Advanced Energy United Calls House Tax Package a ‘Meat Cleaver,’ Urges Senate to Preserve Tax Credits, Restore Business Certainty In response to the House’s major tax reform legislation, Advanced Energy United makes clear that the bill withdraws the U.S. from the global race for energy dominance.

🚨 The U.S. House of Representatives passed a job-killing tax reform package that guts sound, long-standing energy tax credits.

In response, @honeill.bsky.social stated: "This isn’t a scalpel, it’s a meat cleaver, and it will hurt us all."

Read more: blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/adv...

Advanced Energy United Calls House Tax Package a ‘Meat Cleaver,’ Urges Senate to Preserve Tax Credits, Restore Business Certainty In response to the House’s major tax reform legislation, Advanced Energy United makes clear that the bill withdraws the U.S. from the global race for energy dominance.

This is bad policy. It will hike energy costs, kill jobs and private investment, and weaken American competitiveness. My statement below. 💡🔌@advancedenergyunited.org
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This bill will kill much-needed energy projects, investments, and jobs in communities across the country. At the exact moment when we are facing rising costs and increased demand. Such a self-own.

GOP budget plan contains a massive poison pill for clean energy “Totally unworkable” rules could kill manufacturing and clean energy investment by restricting tax credits for any project remotely tied to China, experts…

Good summary from @canarymedia.com of the proposed reconciliation package’s impact on clean energy industry. It would raise electricity prices, destroy manufacturing jobs, and undercut American energy abundance. @advancedenergyunited.org 💡🔌 www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...