State Public Utility Commissions

175 Resources Found, Displaying 41 thru 50

California Fuel Substitution Test

Pathway: Fuel Switching and Building Electrification

Determines how to demonstrate that an existing building measure does not 1) increase total source consumption or 2) adversely impact the environment when compared with the baseline measure using the original fuel.

Mississippi IRP Process

Pathway: Integrated Resource Planning, Incentivizing Utilities to Embrace DER

Requires utilities to consider distributed energy resources and demand-side management in addition to traditional supply-side resources.

Colorado’s Investigation of Performance-Based Ratemaking Proceeding

Pathway: Rate Restructuring, Grid Modernization, and Utility Reform

Seeks to identify Performance-Based Ratemaking options for aligning utility investments with public benefit goals, including safety, reliability, cost-efficiency, emissions reductions, and the expansion of distributed energy resources.

California Natural Gas Transition Proceeding

Pathway: Natural Gas Transition Proceedings

A new rulemaking to regulate the state's transition away from natural gas, addressing issues related to stranded assets and unfair cost shifts among ratepayers.

New Jersey Community Solar Energy Pilot

Pathway: Community Ownership Structures, Equitable Access to Renewables, Community Renewables and Other DER Ownership Structures

New Jersey's pilot community solar program has been lauded for strong provisions prioritizing low and moderate income customer participation.

Illinois Value of DER Proceeding

Pathway: Net Metering and Value of Solar

An investigation into an annual process and formula for calculating rebate values for customers with solar, wind or other renewable energy systems.

New York Clean Heat and Building Efficiency Funding

Pathway: Fuel Switching and Building Electrification, Incentivizing Voluntary Retrofitting, Financial Incentives for Installation of Distributed Energy Resources

New York State is now investing over $6.8 billion in energy efficiency and clean heat investments from 2020 through 2025.

Eversource MA Geothermal District Heating Proposals

Pathway: District Heating Systems

Eversource MA has proposed three different pilot projects to Massachusetts regulators in order to prove that networked geothermal systems -- connecting a variety of residential and commercial establishments in a nexus -- are feasible.

MI Power Grid Proceeding

Pathway: Rate Restructuring, Grid Modernization, and Utility Reform

Multi-year stakeholder initiative at the Michigan PUC aiming to maximize the benefits of the shift to clean and distributed energy resources.

California’s Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing Program

Pathway: Community Ownership Structures, Equitable Access to Renewables, Community Renewables and Other DER Ownership Structures

The SOMAH program will provide up to $100 million in rebates annually for the next decade to put solar on multifamily affordable housing in California, while allowing tenants to access the benefits.