New Mexico has the nation’s best DER interconnection policy: report

The state received high marks for its robust energy storage interconnection framework, frequent public reports on its interconnection queue and incorporating IEEE’s technical standard for DER ...
pv magazine USA

Flexible interconnection of MW-scale solar advances in eight states

Flexible interconnection enables a solar developer to accept some curtailment to avoid the costs of a distribution grid ...
JD Supra

Principles/Recommendations for Large-scale and Distributed Energy Interconnection Reform: Solar Energy Industries Association Report

The Report’s authors include Dave Gahl, Melissa Alfano, and Jeremiah Miller. SEIA describes itself as the national trade association of the solar and solar-plus storage industries, focused on research ...
T&D

DOE Announces Roadmap and $18 Million Investment to Improve Clean Energy Interconnection Processes

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X) has released a new roadmap, the Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection Roadmap, which is expected to form shorter ...
Microgrid Knowledge

Google Signs 100-MW Virtual Power Plant Deal with Voltus

Calling this VPP deal a “first of its kind,” Voltus will aggregate 100 MW of distributed energy resources (DERs) from local ...
POWER Magazine

Sen. King Introduces Bill to Promote Distributed Energy Interconnection Neutrality

A new bill unveiled on May 6 by Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) champions a general right to neutrality of the interconnection of distributed energy resources (DER) and seeks to establish a set of national ...
PV Tech

Distributed interconnection delays threaten US clean energy growth but solutions abound

A solar PV project in the US state of Virginia. Image: Savion. Renewables deployment in the US is at risk of stalling unless distributed interconnection policies are improved to make them more ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Understanding How Each State’s Interconnection Standards for Distributed Generation Installations Differ

Until recently, a major barrier to the widespread adoption of grid-connected cogeneration and small power production, otherwise known as distributed generation (DG), in the United States has been the ...
JD Supra

California regulator opens proceeding to revise interconnection rules for distributed generation

Distributed Energy Resources (“DERs”) connected to local distribution lines are making up an increasing portion of the power mix. In recognition of this changing environment, the California Public ...
pv magazine International

California cuts interconnection costs for distributed solar developers that agree to export limits

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has passed a decision allowing distributed renewable energy resources like residential solar and battery energy storage to interconnect to the grid ...
pv magazine USA

Renewables advocate becomes Delaware legislator, secures law to adopt model interconnection procedures

In what is apparently the first state law of its kind, Delaware now requires its electric utilities to upgrade their ...
T&D

A Look At IEEE Standards For DERs And The Grid

For several years, the energy and utilities sectors have been undergoing a fundamental shift from a system dominated by a few central power plants to a more decentralized energy infrastructure. The ...