This document, filed in docket number 2024-00310, describes Efficiency Maine's plan to develop a new program titled Renewable Reliability to deploy up to 1700 new small commercial and residential battery systems. Efficiency Maine will offer aggregators $200/kW per year based on capacity made available during peak periods. Aggregators are responsible for compensating customers.

Provides Duquesne Light Company's recommendations and process evolution details regarding grid edge resource participation in wholesale markets.

Eversource Energy's Electric Sector Modernization Plan describes the actions the utility is taking and the investments it is making to build infrastructure and technology platforms to help accommodate grid edge resources (among other objectives).

To outline PPL Electric's plan for implementing a grid edge resource management (DERM) device compatible with IEEE 2030.5 smart inverters. This plan aims to enhance the integration and management of grid edge resources within PPL's service territory, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and improving grid reliability.

Xcel Energy's 2023 Integrated Distribution Plan describes several measures the company is taking for grid modernization, including proposed investments in cybersecurity and physical security.

PGE's Distribution System Plan describes how the company evaluates grid needs and also mentions how the company sources NWAs.

Rhode Island Energy's Grid Modernization Solutions Roadmap describes how the utility will incrementally advance its capabilities to use tools such as ADMS. See the discussion starting on page 129.

A California Public Utilities Commission resolution that approved PG&E's community-based microgrid enablement program and directed PG&E to file a pro forma microgrid operating agreement. The operating agreement outlines the operating protocols and responsibilities between the community-based microgrid operator (aggregator) and PG&E, governing how microgrid projects are developed, tested, and operated under the  pilot. This was part of a broader effort to accelerate resilient microgrid projects ahead of wildfire seasons.

This report summarizes insights and advice from six electric utilities to provide practical advice for Advanced Distribution Management System deployments.