Grid Modernization Planning Jumped 33% In 2019

The 50 States of Grid Modernization: Grid Modernization Activity Continues to Climb in 2019 February 5, 2020 (North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center [NCCETC])

“…Grid modernization actions were taken by 46 states and the District of Columbia during 2019, the 2019 annual review and Q4 2019 update edition of The 50 States of Grid Modernization found. The greatest number of actions related] to energy storage deployment, customer data access policies, smart grid deployment, utility business model reforms, and distribution system planning…[NCCETC’s top ten grid modernization trends of 2019 were] State regulators establishing guidelines for distribution system plans…Utilities failing to justify the costs of grid modernization investments…Utilities including new energy storage capacity in integrated resource plans…

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...States considering performance incentive mechanisms…States enabling access to customer energy usage data…Utilities pursuing advanced rate design pilots…States considering major utility business model reforms…Utilities including energy storage offerings within energy efficiency and demand-side management plans…Regulators emphasizing programs and rates to make full use of smart meter functionality…[and] States examining interconnection and compensation rules for battery storage…A total of 612 grid modernization actions were taken during 2019, representing a 33 percent increase in activity over 2018 (460 actions)…” click here for more

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