New Report Quantifies the Far-Reaching Benefits of Beneficial Electrification

A new report released by The Brattle Group in November 2025 provides the strongest data to date on how electrification, when deployed strategically, can lower energy bills, improve the environment, and bolster grid reliability.

Commissioned by BEL, the report analyzes the extent to which beneficial electrification has delivered across four categories over the past decade: saving consumers money, benefiting the environment, improving product performance, and fostering a stronger electric grid.

Key Findings:

• Cost Savings: Beneficial electrification has delivered billions of dollars in household cost savings over the past decade. Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps collectively saved U.S. households between $5.6 to $8.8 billion in 2023 alone.
• Environmental Benefits: Electric technologies often are more energy efficient and have lower emissions than their combustion-powered counterparts; this emissions gap widens as the grid becomes cleaner. By switching to EVs and electric heat pumps, Americans avoided more than 63 million tons of CO₂ during the eight-year period between 2016 and 2023.
• Consumer Satisfaction: Surveys show strong customer satisfaction with electric technologies. 80% of users are satisfied with their heat pumps and nearly 95% of EV owners are likely to consider purchasing another EV for their next vehicle
• Supports a Stronger Electric Grid: Uptake of behind-the-meter and grid responsive electric technologies has increased in the past decade. These technologies have contributed to today’s U.S. demand response capability which now exceeds 60 GW—the equivalent of roughly 270 combustion-based peaker plants.

Read the entire report here.
Read BEL's official statement on the report's findings here.
Read Brattle's Press Release on the report here.
Read BEL's Press Release on the report here..