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As threats to reliable electricity continue to grow, customers, utilities, and governments are looking to distributed energy resources and microgrids as a potential solution. However, microgrids are highly specialized and complex, and lead to questions around ownership and operation, cost allocation, distribution of benefits, siting and configuration, and more.
NARUC, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) established a Microgrids State Working Group to improve the ability of states to plan for and develop microgrid projects, regulations, and policies. The Working Group convenes state regulators, state energy officials, and other stakeholders to explore the costs and benefits of microgrids, understand the value of resilience from microgrids, and identify and address barriers to microgrid development.
NARUC staff who support these activities include Kiera Zitelman.
Webinar: Improving Energy Resilience with Rural and Remote Microgrids, May 7, 2024Microgrids are an important avenue for improving resilience, reliability, and decarbonization in rural and remote communities and states are key leaders in facilitating RD&D of those projects. This webinar featured speakers providing overviews of state initiatives, coordination with rural electric cooperatives and rural and remote communities, and specific projects under development.
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Report: State Microgrid Policy, Programmatic, and Regulatory Framework, September 2023
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Webinar: State Microgrid Policy, Programmatic, and Regulatory Framework, Sept. 1, 2023NARUC and NASEO staff shared a new publication produced via the Microgrids State Working Group.
Report: Clean Energy Microgrids: Considerations for State Energy Offices and Public Utility Commissions to Increase Resilience, Reduce Emissions, and Improve Affordability, May 2023
Webinar: Innovative Microgrid Project Designs, March 29, 2023States are looking at different opportunities to utilize innovative microgrid projects to achieve several state policy objectives and key energy resilience needs. This webinar provided insights into two of those unique microgrid approaches and highlight the technology, financing models, the role of the state, and purpose of the project. Speakers discussed California’s clean hydrogen powered microgrid and Iowa’s mobile microgrid. Each of these projects enhance system resilience and utilize clean energy sources.
Webinar: Risk-controlled Expansion Planning With Distributed Resources (REPAIR), November 1, 2022On this webinar, Miguel Heleno, Research Scientist – Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, detailed his work with REPAIR, a grid planning tool that optimizes utility investments by considering risks associated with routine failures and extreme events. The REPAIR tool is useful as a risk assessment tool to help calculate the cost-benefit ratio from resilience investments, including microgrids. Following an overview presentation from Miguel, State Working Group members shared comments on benefits and challenges to applying valuation tools in regulatory and programmatic work.
Webinar: Valuing Resilience and Supporting Renewable Energy Microgrids, March 10, 2022NARUC and NASEO staff and partners shared overviews of two reports being published in spring 2022 under the NASEO-NARUC Microgrids State Working Group and answered questions from the audience.
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Webinar: Microgrid State Working Group IIJA Briefing and State Roundtable, December 17, 2021NARUC and NASEO welcomed Cameron Brooks, Executive Director of Think Microgrid, for a briefing on provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act related to microgrids and resilience. Following the briefing, members of the Microgrids State Working Group shared updates on microgrid programs and challenges in their states.
Webinar: Microgrids for Low- to Moderate-Income Communities, June 24, 2021As many states and the federal government are focusing more and more on equity and environmental justice considerations of energy policy decisions, several microgrid projects have been implemented or are being planned that specifically focus on low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities. During this webinar, speakers discussed completed and envisioned microgrid projects for LMI communities, the unique characteristics and challenges of these projects, and considerations for state regulators and state energy offices. Following the webinar, NARUC and NASEO members received an update from the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources.
Webinar: Strategies for Resilient Microgrid Deployment, April 7, 2021Natural disasters and severe weather events have increased in both magnitude and frequency in recent years posing a serious threat to the electric power system and emphasizing the need for a more resilient grid. One way regulators and state energy officials are looking to increase resilience is by strategically deploying microgrids to provide backup power to critical facilities in the event of a power outage. During this webinar, the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and Kentucky Office of Energy Policy will present the findings from their recent study on microgrid deployment strategies in Kentucky and how these strategies can be replicated in other states to enhance resilience.
Webinar: Utility Microgrid Procurement, August 19, 2020As more customers and communities look to improve their energy resilience, regulated electric utilities are considering various options, including microgrids, to meet these needs. However, microgrids raise complicated questions about procurement models, ownership structures, and operational issues. On this webinar, speakers from regulated utilities highlighted successful projects and partnerships, shared lessons learned, and discussed challenges and growth opportunities for microgrids.
Webinar: Getting Microgrids to Market - Regulatory and Business Models for Resilience, July 1, 2020Residential, commercial, and industrial customers are increasingly looking at investment options to improve energy resilience, including microgrids. On this webinar, two leading distributed energy resource installers will discuss their visions for regulatory and business models to enable microgrid investments, centering on energy-as-a-service and neighborhood microgrids / distribution islands. Moderator: Commissioner Diane X. Burman, New York State Public Service Commission. Speakers: Jeff Morris and Mark Feasel, Schneider Electric; Anne Hoskins and Tefford Reed, Sunrun.
The Working Group is hosting facilitated discussions between SEOs and PUCs to explore microgrid technologies and applications, policy and regulatory frameworks, and financing models to understand the full range of benefits that microgrids can provide to owners / operators, ratepayers, and other stakeholders. A key objective of the Working Group is to highlight and draw lessons from existing microgrid projects. NARUC and NASEO are jointly leading this work in close collaboration with the DOE Office of Electricity and are relying on state input to guide this collaborative initiative.
Enhancing Microgrid Deployment across the States: A NARUC-NASEO Microgrid State Working Group Roundtable, Washington, DC, February 12 – 13, 2020
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