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.

The California PUC approved $830 million in incentives for self-generation with the goal of benefiting disadvantaged customers who live in fire-prone areas.

MISO spent much of 2019 preparing for a massive shift to renewable resources — and 2020 will herald much the same, RTO executives say.

“Significant and rapid change” will cause challenges with resource adequacy, but utilities can turn the evolving resource mix to their advantage.

An overflow crowd of more than 200 people attended Raab Associates’ 164th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable in Boston.

PJM’s Planning Committee will consider whether the RTO must develop document language to deal with mitigation of existing and future infrastructure.

The New York PSC placed new restrictions and requirements on energy service companies, including enhanced eligibility criteria and scrutiny of practices.

MISO may have to devise new lines of communication, rethink its data management and alter dispatch rules to give DERs access to its markets.