Tag Archives: Grid Modernization

NARUC Issues Draft Manual on Distributed Energy Resources

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Jeff Bayne

Last week, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) released a draft Manual on Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Compensation.  The manual is intended to provide state regulators with possible options for developing policies relating to compensation for DER. The … Continue reading →

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Ceres Issues Air Emission Rankings of Largest U.S. Power Producers for 2016

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Jeff Bayne

Last week, Ceres, a nonprofit that advocates for sustainability by bringing together environmentalists and capitalists, released Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States.  The report evaluates and compares the emissions of the 100 … Continue reading →

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Canada, Mexico, and the United States Issue a Trilateral Agreement on North America’s Clean Energy Future

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Anjali Patel

Yesterday, June 29, 2016, President Barack Obama, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto announced the formation of the “North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership” through which the three countries aim to “align [their] … Continue reading →

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FERC Approves Aggregation of Distributed Energy Resources in CAISO

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Jeff Bayne

One of the key drivers in the push for grid modernization is the rise of distributed energy resources (DERs). DERs are generally smaller power generators, and their small size has created challenges to the integration of these resources into the … Continue reading →

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FERC Approves NYISO Market Access for Behind-the-Meter Resources

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Amber Martin

On May 17, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order, 155 FERC ¶ 61,166 (2016), approving a set of tariff changes proposed by the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) to permit behind-the-meter generation resources to participate … Continue reading →

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