Distributed Energy Resources (DER)

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.
Potomac Economics
NYISO Monitor Report Highlights Generator Outages During Heat Wave
As NYISO continues its Capacity Market Structure Review, the Market Monitoring Unit used its second-quarter State of the Market report to highlight potential issues with how the ISO forecasts resource availability.
Shutterstock
FERC Requires Additional Z2 Filing from SPP
FERC directed SPP to submit a compliance filing for its proposal to unwind credit payment obligations assessed under Attachment Z2 of the SPP tariff for transmission service taken from 2008 to 2016.
EIA
Power Play: Extreme Heat is Set to Test Grid Reliability, Human Resiliency
Heat affects the full length of the electric supply chain: from generation, through the grid, to utilities’ customers, says columnist Dej Knuckey.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Faces Criticism over Accountability, DER Policy at Public Meeting

Several panelists and public commenters at the quarterly meeting of the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group criticized the RTO over its record on accountability and accessibility, as well as its policy related to distributed energy resources.

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Common Charge Wants to Grow Distributed Resources to Meet Spiking Demand
Amid rising demand for power, a new coalition called Common Charge has launched to encourage distributed solutions such as virtual power plants that can be deployed quickly and cheaply.
Ontario Energy Board
Ontario Energy Board Plans 22% Spending Increase
The Ontario Energy Board plans a 22% increase in its 2025/26 budget with the addition of 32 employees, its biggest hiring surge in at least five years.
IESO
Stakeholders Frustrated by Lack of Details on Toronto DSM Study

IESO officials say they will release more information on how the ISO constructed its study of the potential for incremental energy savings in Toronto after stakeholders complained they lack enough details to comment meaningfully.

© RTO Insider 
Federal Volatility, MISO Tx Complaint Rattle Midcontinent Energy Summit
The tone of Infocast’s 2025 Midcontinent Energy Summit was noticeably apprehensive compared with last year, owing to political and regulatory uncertainty, load growth ambiguity, fluctuating tariffs and a pending complaint against MISO’s long-range transmission plan.
Brattle Group
Budget Cuts Threaten Calif. VPP Program
Clean energy advocates are urging California lawmakers to restore funding to a fast-growing distributed energy program that has shown its ability to support the grid during a test run. 

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