Google, Tesla, Carrier, Verrus, Renew Home, Sparkfund and Span formed Utilize to highlight underutilized electrical-grid capacity and promote smarter use. The group spotlights solutions like battery storage, demand response and virtual power plants, arguing that regulators should update policies to reflect these mature technologies’ benefits. Utilize has already influenced a Virginia legislative proposal mandating utilities to measure and disclose real-time grid utilization, indicating its early policy impact on energy markets potentially affecting data-center operators like Google.