The Fight For Tomorrow’s Grid Gets Bigger
The 50 States of Grid Modernization Q2 2021: States Explore Market Reforms and Mechanisms to Accelerate Storage and Microgrid Development
July 28, 2021, (North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center [NCCETC])
“…[NCCETC’s Q2 2021 edition of The 50 States of Grid Modernization found] 47 states, as well as the District of Columbia, took actions related to grid modernization during Q2 2021…[Most actions related] to energy storage deployment (66), utility business model reforms (40), smart grid deployment (39), distribution system planning (33), and energy storage interconnection rules (31)…[551 grid modernization actions were taken, and] Texas, New York, California, Illinois, Minnesota and New Jersey took the greatest number…[Three trends were] (1) states and utilities examining electricity market reform; (2) lawmakers expanding financing options for customer-sited technologies; and (3) states considering ownership of energy storage and microgrids…
…[T]he top five policy developments of Q2 2021 were: Connecticut and Maine lawmakers adopting energy storage targets…Nevada legislators directing transmission providers to join a regional transmission organization by 2030…California regulators preparing to modernize the grid for a high-DER future…The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approving a microgrid services tariff…and Dominion Energy filing its Phase II Distribution Grid Transformation Plan in Virginia…” click here for more
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