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CPUC Makes Demand Side Smart Grid Slide Presentation Available
The CPUC filed its presentation slides for the demand side grid support program workshop held on 10/18/24 Of note, the purpose of this workshop was to review proposed modifications to the demand side grid support program draft guidelines.
The goal of this docket is to collect public comments and handling of public comments based on drafts, meetings, and workshops throughout the planning and implementation of the Demand Side Grid Support Program.
Parties filed reply comments on proposed decision adopting improvements to distribution planning and project execution process (DPEP), distribution resource planning data portals, and integration capacity analysis maps (10/8/24).
On October 17, 2024, the ALJ issued a ruling seeking comments on CPUC consultant Gridworks’ Future Grid Study (FGS) report.
Among other things the report identified the following “uncertainties and gaps” remaining following the three Gridworks workshops: (1) “Proposed future capabilities depend on the IOUs’ progress in implementing their Grid Modernization Plans. Therefore, it is unclear when the IOUs will fulfill the operational needs identified in Workshop 1”; (2) “Significant gaps appear in the operational interface between the CAISO and DSOs. The discussions in Workshop 1 indicate that the CAISO has an important role in a High DER Future, and that the CAISO and DSOs need to better coordinate on data sharing and DER participation in grid services markets”; (3) “The pace of developing grid services markets appears to be falling behind DER adoption. A gap on this operational need can result in lost opportunities to build the future distribution grid at lower cost, to improve community resilience, to stimulate local economic development, and to address equity; (4) “Diverging visions of the High DER Future. One version envisions the DSOs as the ‘conductors’ in grid orchestration of DERs. The other envisions a bottom-up, open-access High DER Future. Each vision implies some differences in operational needs, which may or may not be supported by the IOUs’ near-term plans; and (5) “Data sharing and transparency in DER interconnection remain friction points. Several stakeholders have identified data sharing as a current limitation to broad participation in a High DER Future.”
As background, the CPUC opened this proceeding “to modernize the state’s electric grid to integrate a high number of distributed energy resources, including electric vehicle charging. The proceeding focuses on preparing the grid to accommodate what is expected to be a high distributed energy resources future and capturing as much ratepayer value as possible through actions such as clarifying grid roles and responsibilities, vehicle charging infrastructure forecasting, and community engagement.”
22-RENEW-01 (Opened 07/11/2022)
Reliability Reserve Incentive Programs
