The second Annual CHARGED Convening, held in August 2025 in Chicago, IL, brought together stakeholders from across the industry to build relationships, leverage previous CHARGED efforts, and develop innovative solutions that can be implemented across a diversity of states and utilities. This report details the pre-read materials shared with participants and summary results from Convening …

In April 2024, the CHARGED Initiative held its Inaugural Convening in Boulder, CO, where 60 stakeholders from across the industry collaboratively identified over 50 least-regrets and long-term solutions to enable affordable, reliable, and equitable electrification of the U.S. distribution grid. This report documents key insights and actions to advance these solutions across five utility-related workstreams—planning, …