The Fight For Tomorrow’s Grid

The 50 States of Grid Modernization Q3 2020: Utilities Increasingly Developing Distributed and Customer-Centric Solutions

October 28, 2020 (North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center [NCCETC])

“…[The Q3 2020 50 States of Grid Modernization finds that 45 states, as well as the District of Columbia, took [382] actions related to grid modernization during Q3 2020…with the greatest number of actions relating to energy storage deployment (53), distribution system planning (27), smart grid deployment (25), utility business model reforms (24), AMI deployment (23), and data access policies (23)…New York, California, New Jersey, Hawaii, and Massachusetts took the greatest number of actions during the quarter, followed by Connecticut, Michigan, and North Carolina…

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…[Three key trends were] (1) utilities proposing customer demand response incentive programs; (2) states studying specific elements of grid modernization; and (3) regulators establishing terms for energy storage qualifying facilities…[T]he top five policy developments of Q3 2020 were…The Maryland Public Service Commission authorizing multi-year rate plans and performance incentive mechanisms…Massachusetts regulators opening its Phase II grid modernization investigation…Connecticut and New Jersey utilities filing advanced metering infrastructure proposals…South Carolina lawmakers initiating an electricity market reform study; and…The New York Public Service Commission approving new demand response program rules…” click here for more

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