Electricity Consumers Resource Council

What Electricity Consumers Resource Council does

The Electricity Consumers Resource Council (ELCON), founded in 1976 and headquartered at 700 12th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington DC, is a private non-profit trade association serving as the national voice for large industrial and commercial consumers of electricity. The organization represents members before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the U.S. Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Energy (DOE), advocating on policies that affect electricity availability, reliability, and affordability. ELCON's stated focus areas include wholesale power markets, transmission planning, generator interconnection reform, cost allocation, and resource adequacy. Its core deliverables are regulatory filings, congressional testimonies, technical workshops, policy summits, and member networking, rather than any technology product or platform.

ELCON generates revenue exclusively through recurring membership dues paid by large industrial electricity consumers, with pricing not publicly disclosed and accessible only through a member inquiry process that requests each prospective member's annual energy usage in megawatts. The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: the organization acquires and retains members by demonstrating advocacy outcomes, such as supporting Senate bipartisan permitting reform votes, backing EGIPA legislation (H.R. 8085 and S. 4190) to accelerate generator interconnection, and participating in joint consumer coalitions before FERC. Leadership is provided by President and CEO Karen Onaran (hired April 2020, officially elected January 2023), who previously spent a decade as Director of Federal Regulatory Affairs at Edison Electric Institute, supported by a recently hired transmission policy Vice President. ELCON is independent with no parent company and no disclosed institutional ownership.

Name

Electricity Consumers Resource Council

Legal name

Electricity Consumers Resource Council

Website

https://elcon.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ELCON is the national non-profit trade association representing large industrial and commercial electricity consumers, founded in 1976, which advocates before FERC, NERC, Congress, EPA, and DOE on electricity affordability, reliability, and transmission policy.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: ELCON generates revenue through membership dues from large industrial consumers of electricity who benefit from advocacy efforts, technical resources, educational workshops, and networking opportunities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ELCON is a membership-based trade association representing large industrial and commercial consumers of electricity. It provides policy advocacy and regulatory representation before FERC, NERC, Congress, EPA, and DOE on issues affecting electricity availability, reliability, and affordability. Members also receive technical resources, educational workshops, and networking opportunities with corporate energy management professionals.

Product overview

ELCON is a membership-based trade association representing large industrial electricity consumers. It does not offer a software product or technology platform. ELCON provides advocacy services, technical resources, educational workshops, and networking opportunities to its member companies on federal and state energy policies affecting electricity price, availability, and reliability.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• ELCON Membership Membership in ELCON provides large industrial and commercial electricity consumers with policy advocacy and regulatory representation before FERC, NERC, Congress, EPA, and DOE, plus access to technical resources, educational workshops, and networking opportunities with corporate energy management professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• ELCON's advocacy supported Senate bipartisan vote on energy permitting reform
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Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Electricity Customer AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerELCON collaborates with the Electricity Customer Alliance on generator interconnection reforms, arguing that FERC should continue working on interconnection issues beyond Order 2023. Both groups advocate for annual forums on best generator interconnection processes and policy objectives.
• R Street InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerELCON and R Street Institute jointly advocated for continued FERC interconnection reforms, arguing that Order 2023's reforms were narrow and that the commission should announce ongoing forums on generator interconnection processes.
• Joint Consumer GroupscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerELCON participates in joint consumer letters to FERC on various topics including Grid Enhancing Technologies, generator interconnection, and transmission cost management. These collaborative efforts amplify the voice of large electricity consumers.
• State regulators and NARUCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerELCON works with state regulators and NARUC (National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners) panelists to advocate for cost-effective transmission planning and changing the narrative that transmission expansion is driven solely by energy transition.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Electric Power Supply Association: National trade association representing competitive power producers and suppliers in wholesale electricity markets. Engages on the same FERC market-design and interconnection issues ELCON addresses, but from the supply side rather than the industrial consumer side.
• Consumer Energy Alliance: Coalition advocating for affordable, reliable energy across consumer groups, including industrial users. Broader consumer-energy advocacy footprint but overlapping mission around keeping energy costs affordable for end users.
• Edison Electric Institute: National trade association for U.S. investor-owned electric utilities. ELCON's institutional counterpart in electricity policy debates — same FERC/NERC venues, opposite side of cost-allocation and market-design questions, and the place where ELCON's CEO previously worked.
• National Association of Manufacturers: Largest U.S. manufacturing trade association with a much broader policy remit that includes energy and electricity. Overlaps with ELCON on industrial electricity cost issues but at a much wider, less specialized scope.
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners: Non-profit association representing state public service commissioners who regulate electricity utilities. Engages in the same FERC and state-level electricity policy forums where ELCON files comments and testimony, and is identified as an active collaborator in ELCON's outreach.

Direct peers

• American Forest & Paper Association: Trade association for the U.S. pulp, paper, and wood products industry, a major industrial electricity consumer with significant FERC/NERC advocacy engagement. Comparable to ELCON in representing large energy-intensive manufacturers on electricity cost and reliability policy.
• Industrial Energy Consumers of America: National trade association representing large industrial energy consumers before FERC and Congress on electricity and natural gas issues. Most directly comparable peer to ELCON in mission, membership profile, and advocacy footprint.
• American Chemistry Council: Trade association for the U.S. chemical industry, one of the most electricity-intensive manufacturing sectors and a long-standing ELCON member constituency. Comparable because it engages on electricity reliability, affordability, and grid policy from a heavy-industrial standpoint.
• American Iron and Steel Institute: Trade association for the North American steel industry, a heavy industrial electricity consumer. Comparable to ELCON in advocating for reliable, affordable electricity supply and competitive electricity markets for energy-intensive manufacturing.
• National Mining Association: Trade association representing the U.S. mining industry, which is among the largest industrial electricity users. Engages on grid reliability, transmission planning, and electricity affordability in overlapping venues with ELCON.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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