Distributed Generation & Microgrids

“We push technology hard at PPL mainly because we want to be the best utility in the country, in the world. That’s our goal, and you can’t be that unless you go out and learn from others.”

“Each case study was informed by real world benefit cost analyses and data for similar use cases, but they have been generalized into illustrative and hypothetical examples for broader applicability.”

“To better manage the rise in connections to the grid, utilities should consider implementing a Distributed Energy Management System, or DERMS, that can aggregate, and in some cases, control customer-owned assets.”

The National Standard Practice Manual for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Distributed Energy Resources offers regulators and others a set of fundamental principles that can guide decisions about how to conduct BCAs and which cost tests to use in their jurisdiction.

Panelists discuss technologies, financing options, and regulatory mechanisms states have pursued to break down barriers to facilitate microgrid development.

“The Association of Edison Illuminating Companies’ Distributed Energy Resource Subcommittee is a collective industry organization of utility-only members discussing the integration of grid-edge technologies.”

California and Texas lack a coherent microgrid strategy. It is time to boldly step into the future with more sustainable solutions that offer much greater value to ratepayers, utilities, and the environment.

A conversation with the CEOs of North Carolina Membership Corp., Poudre Valley Rural Electric Assoc., and Tidelands Electric Member Corp.

Ten cooperative utilities CEOs joined in one of three PUF roundtable discussions.

Conversation with Scott Neuman and Paul McDonald, group vp and senior director for industry strategy, Oracle Utilities Opower.