As Distributed Energy Resources (DER) proliferate, efficient dispatch of those resources in wholesale power markets will require communication between DER providers, distribution operators, and the transmission operators.
“Utilities and DER developers want the same thing, which is to satisfy their customers,” said GCN’s vice president of policy. “Consumer demand is the force building the grid of the future and it is important to go back to the kitchen table and ask the question high level regulatory conversations can miss: What is driving consumers?”