PLMA announces the publication of

The Future of Distributed Energy Resources

A PLMA Practitioner Perspectives^TM Compendium

Where do today's load management activities - including demand response , energy efficiency, and renewable energy programs - fit in a distributed energy resource (DER) future of non-wires alternatives, storage and more? This compendium details eight industry initiatives where leading utilities are partnering with their customers and allies to demonstrate the path to a more integrated approach to DERs.

The initiatives detailed in this Compendium are:

Planning/Foundational Category
Defined as those utilities taking bold steps to leapfrog pilots/technology straight to integrative planning and procuring, and change management.

• Hawaiian Electric's Integrated Grid Planning, Hawaiian Electric Company
• Distributed Resource & Flexible Load Study, Portland General Electric and Navigant
• Integrating DER planning, Research and Program Development, Tacoma Power

“DR Plus” Category
Defined as customer-sited assets (with or without involvement of an aggregator) to monetize DER operations for utility/grid benefits to a growing spectrum of network problems.

• Deriving New Wholesale Market Revenue Opportunities and Maximizing Customer Utility Savings with Behind-the-Meter Distributed Energy Resources, Center for Sustainable Energy, Tesla, Conectric Networks, and Olivine
• Expanding National Grid’s ConnectedSolutions program to Include Energy Storage, Sunrun, EnergyHub, and National Grid

Microgrids Category
Defined as customer-sited assets that have great degrees of flexibility and opportunity for monetization.

• Microgrid Enables Military Facility to Participate in Utility Services, Eaton
• Energy Storage and Microgrid Performance in Non-Wires Solutions and Other Demand Management Programs, Enel X

International Category

• First Movers in DER in Colombia, U.S. Energy Association
  

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Future of DER Compendium

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Attend 39^th PLMA Conference Presentation on May 14

May 2 Load Management Dialogue On May 2, Join PLMA for an online Load Management Dialogue to share key insights from the PLMA DER Integration and Thought Leadership Group Co-chairs into PLMA's newest publication: Future of Distributed Energy Resources: A Practitioner's Perspective." The Compendium's case studies were peer-reviewed by PLMA Thought Leadership Planning Group and PLMA DER Integration Group members. The Group's cochairs who will join the online Dialogue on May 2 are: Richard Philip Duke Energy & PLMA Thought Leadership Co-Chair Jenny Roehm Schneider Electric & PLMA Thought Leadership Co-Chair Richard Barone Hawaiian Electric Company & PLMA DER Integration Co-Chair Matt Carlson Aquanta & PLMA DER Integration Co-Chair John Powers Extensible Energy & PLMA DER Integration Co-Chair

May 14
39^th PLMA Conference Panel Discussion

On May 14 in Minneapolis, this Compendium will be the discussion topic for the opening panel at the 39^th PLMA Conference in Minneapolis. Learn more about the conferece at www.peakload.org/39th-plma-conference. The panel will include:

Richard Philip Duke Energy & PLMA Thought Leadership Co-Chair

Michael Brown Berkshire Hathaway, NV Energy & PLMA Chair

Richard Barone Hawaiian Electric Company & PLMA DER Integration Co-Chair

John Powers Extensible Energy & PLMA DER Integration Co-Chair