Status report: Streamlining WDG interconnection
Communications Director Rosana Francescato provides an update on interconnection for wholesale distributed generation in this Energy Central article.
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Policies that accelerate the transition to renewable energy and a modern grid
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From 2025 onward, at least 25% of all electricity generated from newly added generation capacity in the United States will be from local renewable energy sources.
WDG procurement
Working to unleash the vastly underserved wholesale distributed generation (WDG) market in California.
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WDG interconnection
Fixing the broken interconnection process for commercial-scale solar in California.
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Optimizing policies and market mechanisms
Developing policies and market mechanisms that will optimize the benefits of Community Microgrids.
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Distribution Resources Planning
Establishing a comprehensive, transparent framework to improve distribution system planning.
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Alternatives to gas plants
Showing show that solar+storage can cost-effectively obviate the need for new gas peaker plants.
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Transmission Access Charges Campaign
Fixing the unfair way transmission charges are currently being assessed in most of California.
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Legislative action
Pursuing legislative channels to help bring more clean local energy to California and the rest of the U.S.
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Advanced inverters
Showing that advanced inverters can cost-effectively optimize power quality, system reliability, and economics.
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Direct Relief solar microgrid case study
Executive Director Craig Lewis lays out the resilience benefits of Community Microgrids in this case study on Energy Central.
Read articleKey energy resilience legislation in California, March 2020
An overview of what’s happening in policy, a critical driver for clean local energy and resilient communities.
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