State Regulatory Opportunities to Advance Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in Wholesale Markets

The report discusses how state regulators can promote the participation of DERs in wholesale markets, including complementary actions that they can take to support Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 2222 implementation. It also summarizes wholesale market operators’ Order 2222 compliance and associated compliance challenges along with potential state regulator roles. The report identifies actions that state regulators can take to accelerate DER aggregations providing grid services.. Authors: Forrester, Sydney P. [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)]; Hledik, Ryan [The Brattle Group, Boston, MA (United States)]; Bigelow, Adam [The Brattle Group, Boston, MA (United States)]; Frick, Natalie Mims [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)]; Viswanathan, Kala [The Brattle Group, Boston, MA (United States)]. DOE Contract: AC02-05CH11231. Subjects: 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY