Below is a collection of resources from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and other agencies.

Tools and Repositories

• GRIDAPPS-D: An open-source platform that accelerates development and deployment of portable applications for advanced distribution management and operations.
• FERC Order 2222 and DER Policy Collaboration: An accessible, centralized repository of key resources and updates of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order (FERC) 2222 and DERs.
• Interactive Decision Framework for Integrated Distribution System Planning: A decision framework to enable the formulation of long-term grid investment strategies that address state and local policy goals, objectives, and priorities; consumers’ needs; and evolution at the grid edge. 

Projects

• GMLC Consortium 2.5.2: A project within the DOE’s Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium (GMLC) initiative, focused on defining common grid services to facilitate the integration of DERs into the grid.
  • Common Grid Services: Terms and Definitions Report
  • State of Common Grid Services Definitions
• ESI: The project’s work advanced the concept of the Energy Services Interface (ESI), which allows for service-oriented coordination between grid operators and DERs.
  • Energy Services Interface: Requirements Document
  • Energy Services Interface: Architecture, Requirements, and Agreements
  • Guide to Developing Energy Services Interfaces
• Transactive Energy: Transactive energy enables real-time energy exchange between consumers and providers, optimizing grid efficiency and promoting renewable energy use.

Reports and Presentations

• Consumer Resource Flexibility: Design and Implementation Considerations to Achieve Consumer Resource Flexibility at Scale: Explores design and implementation strategies for large-scale consumer participation in providing flexible energy services, emphasizing behavioral considerations, partnership models, and consumer protection principles.
• DER Aggregator Code of Conduct: A Reference for Consumer Engagement: Outlines a code of conduct for entities aggregating DERs, focusing on consumer engagement, transparency, operational standards, and regulatory compliance to foster trust and effective partnerships.
• Distribution Standard of Conduct: A Reference Guide for Electric Retail Regulators: Provides a reference guide for regulators on establishing open, nondiscriminatory access and operational standards for distribution utilities integrating DERs. 
• Bulk Power, Distribution, and Grid Edge Services Definitions: Catalogs and defines the range of services that DERs can provide to bulk power, distribution, and grid edge systems, supporting research and industry discussions. 
• Distribution Grid Code Framework: Presents a comprehensive framework for developing and implementing distribution grid codes, and encompassing institutional, business, and technical best practices for integrating DERs and electrification. 
• Standard Distribution Services Contract: Details a standardized contract framework for utilities and aggregators to procure distribution grid services from DERs, addressing operational coordination, performance, and regulatory oversight. 
• Distribution Grid Orchestration: Describes current and emerging mechanisms for orchestrating DERs on the distribution grid, including centralized, decentralized, autonomous, and behavioral approaches, with implementation considerations. 
• TSO-DSO-Aggregator Market and Operational Coordination Requirements: Defines business and technical requirements for a shared platform to coordinate market and operational activities among transmission, distribution, and aggregator entities for DER integration.
• Distribution Grid Code Adoption Pathways: Provides guidance and practical examples for utilities and regulators on adopting distribution grid codes, using a pathways matrix to align technical, business, and institutional practices with DER integration goals. 
• Flexible DER and EV Connections: Examines flexible interconnection and service connection strategies for DERs and EV charging, including dynamic operating envelopes and international best practices for managing distribution constraints. 
• Sourcing DERs for Distribution Grid Services: Analyzes evolving methods for sourcing DERs to provide distribution grid services, advocating for integrated portfolios and techno-econometric modeling to optimize value for all stakeholders.
• Modern Distribution Grid Volume III – Decision Guide (superseded by Modern Distribution Grid – Strategy and Implementation Guide): A user guide for the application of the Modern Distribution Grid  – Volume I taxonomy in support of decisions related to the implementation of modern grid functionality. This guide reflects key practical implementation considerations, such as drivers, timing, prerequisite technologies, legacy transitions, technology adoption and deployment approaches. This guide provides example applications based on the state commissions’ scenarios identified in Volume I.