FERC ordered RTOs and ISOs to open their markets to distributed energy resource aggregations now largely limited to providing demand response.

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

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

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

CAISO, ISO-NE and NYISO look to be the pacesetters in opening the country’s organized electricity markets to greater participation by DERs.

FERC is asking the RTOs for information on aggregated DER portfolios in their wholesale markets, the first significant movement in over a year.

NYISO’s Management Committee approved Tariff revisions creating a path for aggregated distributed energy resources to participate in the wholesale market.

The solar power industry won a victory against paperwork as FERC issued an order exempting residential aggregators from federal filing requirements.

MISO may have to contend with security concerns and the phaseout of the vertically integrated utility model as it strives to manage a grid with more DERs.

How microgrids should be regulated was a central topic at the third annual conference held by the International District Energy Association.