Distributed Energy Resources (DER)

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ISO-NE Talks Order 2023 Updates at NEPOOL Transmission Committee
ISO-NE is proposing tariff changes intended to update how the RTO assigns capacity rights to resources not subject to its interconnection processes.
DOE
Options for Clean Dispatchable Power Each Have Caveats

All seven clean energy technologies evaluated for a new report might someday help New York reach its decarbonization goals, but each would require innovation and support to reach that potential.

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Van Welie Discusses the Challenges Markets Face in New England
ISO NE CEO Gordon van Welie talked about the evolving grid in New England and how markets are changing and what the future holds as state policies drive higher demand and increasing decarbonization.
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Brattle Group
LBNL Study Examines Drivers Behind Higher Power Prices in Some States
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a paper recently examining why some states have seen retail power prices rise faster than inflation.
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PJM MIC Briefs: Oct. 9, 2025
The PJM Market Implementation Committee endorsed a package of revisions to Manual 18.
DOE
Officials Discuss Ways to Educate Customers on Efficiency
Rising demand and power bills are giving an extra push to expand demand-side management programs, but experts said the industry needs to do more to educate consumers to take advantage of the resources.
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Overheard at the 2025 Ontario Energy Conference
The Ontario government’s efforts to align IESO and the Ontario Energy Board to make the province an energy “superpower” was the dominant theme at the 2025 Ontario Energy Conference.
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OEB Chief: Independent Adjudication, Aligned on Policy
The Ontario Energy Board's new CEO insisted it will retain its independence in adjudications even as it embraces the province’s directive to consider economic development in its policymaking.
ERCOT
ERCOT Board Approves AS Procurement for 2026
ERCOT’s Board of Directors approved staff’s recommended methodologies for acquiring minimum ancillary service requirements in 2026, despite concerns over conservative operations and target procurement levels.
CAISO
DER Representatives Get a Seat at the Pathways Table
A wide variety of stakeholders — including representatives of the DER sector — will serve as advisers to the Pathways Initiative as it enters its next phases.

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