MISO is hesitant to grant a request from Michigan to give dispensations to distributed energy resources from its mandated affected studies that gauge transmission system impacts.

Virtual power plants could provide the same dispatchability and reliability as traditional centralized power plants, allowing customers to cut energy bills and emissions.

A band of Michigan utilities wants the option to decline MISO’s affected system-style studies on distributed energy resources.

The NEPOOL Reliability Committee voted to support new data collection standards for distributed energy resources, and ISO-NE outlined potential changes to planning procedures and the affected system operator process.

The use of distributed energy resources can reduce grid costs, delay system upgrades, authors contend.

MISO hopes it can use a two-step approach to Order 2222 compliance, first using a demand response category in 2026, with full market participation of aggregations of distributed resources still on the RTO’s original 2030 timeline that FERC refused last year.

MISO members pondered at Board Week over how quickly the full impact of Order 2222 will be felt across the footprint.

NERC's Reliability and Security Technical Committee approved several standards actions at its first meeting of 2024.