The purpose of this document is to present a case study of energy policies in California related to power system transformation and renewable and distributed energy resources (DERs). Distributed energy resources represent a broad range of technologies that can significantly impact how much, and when, electricity is demanded from the grid.
Key policies and proceedings related to power system transformation and DERs are grouped into the following categories:
1.Policies that support achieving environmental and climate goals
2.Policies that promote deployment of DERs
3.Policies that support reliability and integration of DERs
4.Policies that promote market animation and support customer choice.
Major challenges going forward are forecasting and modeling DERs, regulatory and utility business model issues, reliability, valuation and pricing, and data management and sharing.
Revised: June 22, 2017 |
Published: September 19, 2016