CAISO, ISO-NE and NYISO look to be the pacesetters in opening the country’s organized electricity markets to greater participation by DERs.

FERC is asking the RTOs for information on aggregated DER portfolios in their wholesale markets, the first significant movement in over a year.

NYISO’s Management Committee approved Tariff revisions creating a path for aggregated distributed energy resources to participate in the wholesale market.

The solar power industry won a victory against paperwork as FERC issued an order exempting residential aggregators from federal filing requirements.

MISO may have to contend with security concerns and the phaseout of the vertically integrated utility model as it strives to manage a grid with more DERs.

How microgrids should be regulated was a central topic at the third annual conference held by the International District Energy Association.

Solar power and energy storage providers differed with LDCs and state officials in comments filed at FERC on Disributed Energy Resource aggregation.