The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will hold a meeting of the Climate Justice Working Group. The working group is tasked with establishing criteria for identifying disadvantaged communities to reduce co-pollutants, greenhouse gas emissions, prepare regulatory impact statements, and allocate investments pursuant to the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. The meeting will continue deliberation on revisions to the current criteria.

The New York Public Service Commission will hold a meeting of the electric vehicle infrastructure interconnection working group to discuss comments received in response to modifications to a straw proposal on streamlining vehicle-to-grid queue management in the EV make-ready program. The proposal aims to facilitate a supportive process for make-ready applicants from first contact with a utility to EV station energization. The working group was formed to identify, discuss, and resolve the technical barriers and challenges associated with the EV interconnection process, including queue management and EV-specific standardized interconnection requirements. 18-E-0138

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission seeks reply comments on Castle Rock Solar LLC’s application for a site permit to construct an up to 150-megawatt solar energy generating facility in Castle Rock Township in Dakota County, Minnesota. The project would span approximately 1,355 acres with a project footprint of about 928 acres and interconnect to the existing Chub Lake to Hampton 345 kilovolt transmission line.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will consider proposed changes to its distributed energy resources, or DER, interconnection process with regard to adding new study screens for unintentional islanding. Following a 2023 directive, a workgroup on distribution generation engaged in discussions to consider the possibility of unintentional islanding caused by interconnection of DERs. An island is a condition in which a DER continues to energize a portion of the power system when it is electrically isolated from the utility source. If unplanned, such unintentional islanding condition could become harmful to connected equipment as the DER might not be designed to maintain frequency and voltage without a utility source. CI-16-521

The California Energy Commission will host a workshop to gather feedback on proposed data collection and analysis for the 2025 Integrated Energy Policy Report, or IEPR. The commission is required to regularly assess all aspects of energy demand and supply in order to develop energy policies that conserve resources, protect the environment, and ensure energy reliability, among others. Load-serving entities are required to submit 10-year demand forecasts and resource plans that will provide a foundation for the analyses and recommendations in the IEPR, including resource assessment and analysis of progress towards energy efficiency and renewable energy goals.