Advancing Equity in Grid Planning and Operations
The Grid Modernization Lab Consortium is developing solutions, strategies, and resources for integrating equity and justice goals in electricity planning and operations.
The Grid Modernization Lab Consortium (GMLC) is developing solutions, strategies, and resources for better integrating equity and justice goals in electricity planning and operations. To this end, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are supporting states seeking to incorporate equity in grid planning and operations. The project has convened a working group composed of representatives from public utility commissions, state energy offices, consumer advocates, and energy equity leaders. This group will serve as a platform for idea exchange and as a resource for other Grid Modernization Initiative projects. Through this initiative, the GMLC will build a body of knowledge on emerging electricity equity and justice topics and provide direct technical assistance and training for states on these issues. The project will also update an equity database of regulatory and legislative actions and develop an online repository of U.S. Department of Energy-funded research related to equity in grid planning and operations to make existing research more easily accessible to the public.