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The 50 States of Grid Modernization: States Focus on Resilience, Grid Management, and Utility Business Models During 2022

February 1, 2023 (North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center [NCCETC])

…[The 2022 annual review and Q4 2022 update edition of The 50 States of Grid Modernization] finds that 49 states and the District of Columbia took actions related to grid modernization during 2022 with the greatest number of actions relating to energy storage deployment, utility business model reforms, smart grid deployment, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) deployment, distribution system planning, and time-varying rates…[The top grid modernization trends of 2022 included] Focusing on resilience in grid modernization activities…Undertaking actions to enhance grid management and flexibility…

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…[as well as] Utilities proposing new performance incentive mechanisms…States considering wholesale market participation…Establishing formal distribution system planning processes…Utilities pursuing resiliency as a service programs…Utilities designing new battery storage demand response programs…States allowing cost sharing for grid upgrades needed for interconnection…Incorporating critical peak pricing into rate structures…[and] Examining battery storage decommissioning and recycling…A total of 778 grid modernization actions were taken during 2022…” click here for more

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