FOM/WDG procurement

FOM/WDG refers to distributed energy generation, often commercial-scale solar, that interconnects to the distribution grid in front of the customer meter and serves local loads while avoiding any use of the transmission grid. Rather than serving one customer, these systems can serve an entire community, while avoiding the expensive, inefficient transmission lines required by remote power generation.

• Ensure that the economic value of location and other attributes is fully recognized and compensated, including the full value of avoided transmission costs, resulting in significant ratepayer savings.
• Ensure transparency of the distribution grid, so that locations for DER receive optimized value.
• Ensure that resilience value is fully recognized and compensated, including for indefinite renewables-driven backup power and avoided use of diesel generators and other fossil-fuel-dependent solutions.
• Ensure that the environmental value of commercial-scale WDG on built environments is fully recognized and compensated.