Public Utilities

SMUD’s Avoided Carbon Metric for Efficiency

Sacramento Municipal Utility District has changed its energy-efficiency metric from avoided electricity consumption to avoided carbon dioxide emissions, which should incentivize building electrification.

AchiEVe Toolkit

Highlights policy options and case studies along the full EV spectrum from vehicle purchase to charging infrastructure to battery recycling.

NYISO Market Rules for Energy Storage

Opens the NYISO’s wholesale energy markets to Energy Storage Resources (ESRs). This development makes the NYISO the first ISO/RTO to allow full participation of these resources.

DC’s Proposed Light Touch Microgrid Regulation

Notice considers different multi-factor tests in use in other jurisdictions for determining when a microgrid should be subjected to complete utility regulation, and invites comment on the path forward in DC. 

MIT Report, The Future of the Electric Grid

A comprehensive, objective portrait of the U.S. electric grid and the challenges and opportunities it is likely to face over the next two decades.