MISO is stepping up efforts to understand how markets will function with the possible participation of heavy concentrations of distributed energy resources.

Lower natural gas prices and increased renewable penetration pushed wholesale power prices down sharply in most of the country last year.

The NYISO Business Issues Committee approved Tariff changes on energy storage and load forecast revisions to account for behind-the-meter net generation.

NERC’s Operating, Planning and Critical Infrastructure Planning committees gathered for their last meetings before turning functions over to the new RSTC.

WECC should zero in on issues specific to the Western system when it sets near-term priorities for 2021 and 2022, stakeholders said at a workshop.

The growth of DER means the MISO grid will become increasingly fraught with planning challenges that require target responses, stakeholders heard.

About 200 people attended the Energy Storage Association's annual Policy Forum at the National Press Club in D.C.

State regulators endorsed IEEE’s updated standard on the interconnection and interoperability of DERs at their annual winter policy meeting in D.C.

FERC approved NYISO’s proposal to allow aggregations of distributed energy resources to participate in its markets.

DERs such as rooftop solar panels and batteries may pose a higher risk for grid stability than previously thought, the chief engineer for SDG&E warned.