126 views It’s no secret that Fortune 500 companies want more advanced energy. Over the past five years, these companies have signed contracts for more than 24 GW of large-scale renewable energy, pursued thousands of onsite solar installations, and embraced newer technologies like battery storage. The role of organized competitive wholesale markets as enablers of advanced energy procurement by large buyers is, however, a bit of a trade secret. Which is too bad, because policymakers could meet the needs of businesses and accelerate the transition to a cleaner economy all at once by expanding and reforming these markets. Here’s how. A report from the Advanced Energy Buyers Group lifts the curtain on how and why companies choose to pursue a range of advanced energy technologies within organized competitive wholesale markets operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators (RTOs/ISOs). The report also offers policymakers and regulators ways to increase opportunities for corporate advanced energy procurement, including expanding RTOs/ISOs into regions like the West and Southeast that don’t currently have them and reforming existing RTOs/ISOs to remove barriers and create new opportunities.