States, industry groups bemoan MISO’s DER proposal implementation date

摘要

Various states, public interest organizations and clean energy tradegroups called on the Midcontinent Independent System Operator tomove up its target date for implementing a Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission directive aimed at better integrating distributed energyresource aggregations into the wholesale market.In 2020, FERC directed grid operators to remove barriers hinderingaggregations of distributed energy resources – small-scale generatorsand storage technologies – from participating in wholesale powermarkets with traditional generation (RM18-9). The commission did notset an implementation date for tariff revisions needed to carry out FERCOrder 2222 but told grid operators to offer a reasonable timeframe.