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In addition to consumers and power providers (both traditional utilities and independent generators), several other groups have an interest in the widespread adoption of DE:
- Energy service companies (ESCOs), which evaluate energy use, recommend energy management strategies, and provide related services, including a variety of supply-side and demand-side options
- Technology developers, manufacturers, and vendors of DE equipment, which see opportunities for new business in an expanded market for their products
- Regulators and policy makers, who support DE for its consumer benefits and because it promotes competition
- Support service providers, which supply the fuels (such as natural gas, biomass, propane, fuel oil, and hydrogen) used by distributed generators and maintain the hardware stand to gain tremendously if energy consumers start using their fuels and services
- Owners of distributed power systems—which could be consumers, power providers, ESCOs, or technology suppliers—stand to gain by getting consumers and the grid utility to pay for the value they are deriving from the distributed power system.
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