FERC said MISO didn’t justify the need for an additional five-year gap between completion of its new market platform in 2024 and the first DER aggregation registrations in late 2029.

FERC agreed to delay the implementation date in the forward capacity market while clarifying that host utilities are not excluded from the flow of metering information to the RTO.

The new toolkit helps state energy officials and utility commissions build programs for cybersecurity in distributed solar resources.

The Organization of MISO States’ sixth annual survey on amounts of distributed energy resources in MISO tracked a nearly 1 GW rise in residential DERs year over year.

The RTSC approved a whitepaper looking into the effects of distributed energy resources and their aggregations on the bulk power system.

Utilities and customers both benefit when proactive hosting capacity planning is used to get ahead of the rising demand for distributed energy resources, panelists at the RE+ conference in Las Vegas said.

A Wood Mackenzie and CPower report highlights the importance of demand response and distributed energy resources in ensuring grid reliability.

As DERs play a growing role in electric reliability, ensuring their protection from cybersecurity threats has become increasingly vital, the Texas RE heard.

The NYISO Operating Committee reviewed June's operations and approved manuals to support distributed energy resources market implementation.