Distribution Planning Work Group

What's New:

December 31, 2006 Report: "Distributed Energy Planning Workshop Update"

The Three Distributed Energy Planning Workshops (Fall 2006)

The other accomplishments to date of the Work Group are also presented in Chapter 4 of the 2006 Report and in the following Attachments:

Attachment G:  DG and Distribution Planning: An Economic Analysis for the DG Collaborative (by Navigant Consulting, Jan. 2006, 229 slides, with bookmarks for key sections)

Attachment H: Report of Distribution Planning Work Group (DPWG) on DG and Distribution Deferral

Attachment I:  Symposium on Technical and Business Challenges for DG to Play a Role in T&D Planning (meeting summary + slides)

January 25, 2006: Symposium on Technical and Business Challenges for DG to Play a Role in T&D Planning:

Presentations include:

January 20, 2006: Navigant's final presentation has been posted, DG and Distribution Planning: An Economic Analysis for the Massachusetts DG Collaborative, along with the final worksheets, including the analysis of DG opportunities at customer facilities.

Information on the treatment of distributed resources for new capacity payments under ISO-New England market rules is available at the ISO Market Rules page.

December 27, 2005: the DTE issued Order 02-38-C approving a "Revised Model Interconnection Standard Tariff" and stating with respect to the Role of DG in Distribution Company Planning that:

  • "The Department anticipates that the ongoing activities of the DG Collaborative will continue to result in informative and constructive recommendations on this complex set of issues." (page 12).

Meetings:

Analysis by Navigant to the Distribution Planning Work Group

 
 

Source Materials for Reference

Click below for links to many studies, some of which were previously at this page

Posted Materials from Previous Meetings:

Distribution Planning Sections of May 2005 Report

Information Provided by Massachusetts Distribution Companies

Miscellaneous Presentations to Work Group Meetings 

           (Slides not complete without accompanying oral remarks)

April 27, 2005 -- Comments not explicitly incorporated into Chapter 3 of 2005 Report

 

Related Projects

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) is a leader or sponsor of the following two projects which are closely related to the work of the Distribution Planning Working Group:

A similar pilot project is underway in New Jersey, funded by New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program, and is described in detail in the solicitation:

  • ISO-NE initiated two Work Groups in April 2006 pursuant to the LICAP Settlement Agreement: the Intermittent Resource Group, and the Demand Resource Group.
    • Information on the treatment of Distributed Resources for new capacity payments under ISO-New England market rules is available at the ISO Market Rules page.

Other Work Groups of the DG Collaborative:

 
 

This page is still under construction -- suggestions for additional resources on this topic may be directed to:

          Fran Cummings, RET Policy Director

 

 

 

 

 

Potential Benefits of Distributed Generation (CA)