New York Extends NY-Sun Incentive Program With Nearly $600 Million Funding

California Regulator Launches Proceeding to Facilitate Integration of Growing Distributed Resources

Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, Retail Power and Gas, Solar

The California Public Utilities Commission on June 24 opened a proceeding to modernize the state’s electric grid, in order to accommodate the growing number of distributed energy resources, including electric vehicle charging. The proceeding will maximize ratepayer value through a range of actions including clarifying grid roles and responsibilities, charging infrastructure forecasting, and community involvement.…

New York Advances $485 Million Transmission Project to Enhance Grid Reliability, Support Renewables

FERC to Reconsider State Opt-Out Provision for Demand Response in Wholesale Markets

EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, PRODUCTS, Wholesale Power

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has announced that it will reexamine whether demand response participation in wholesale energy markets as a component of distributed energy resource, or DER, aggregations should be subject to state opt-out rules. The move sets aside the agency’s determination in Order No. 2222-A, issued in March, that the opt-out provision does…...