“Public purpose” microgrids are struggling because of high costs and the lack of a widely accepted resilience metric, speakers told NARUC.

A growing interest in grid flexibility looks beyond demand management to accommodate and balance distributed generation and loads.

Con Edison is staking its future on clean, emissions-free energy, going “all-in” on electric vehicles, energy efficiency and storage, CEO Tim Cawley said.

Stakeholders endorsed PJM’s proposed solution to update the value of capital recovery factors at last week’s MRC meeting.

Three Democratic North Carolina senators introduced SB509, which aims to pour $4 million into community microgrids and other local resilience projects.

North Carolina’s electric cooperatives are outdistancing the state’s investor-owned utilities in microgrid deployment.

Rhode Island is seeking input from municipalities to ensure a plan to fund community microgrids meets their needs.

The California PUC ordered utilities to hasten the creation of microgrids, including establishing a $200 million incentive program for high risk communities

The PJM Operating Committee endorsed new microgrid rules and received a briefing on the RTO's plans for handling the pandemic in 2021.

PJM stakeholders endorsed the RTO’s package on updates to real-time value market rules that call for additional penalties for generation operators.