Microgrid Policy

In this collection of videos, you'll learn all about what drives microgrid policy progress and how policy challenges impact the industry as a whole.

No Fast Passes in the Waiting Line: Interconnection Queues Are Getting Longer

April 29, 2024

Theories abound around what can be done to reduce interconnection queue wait times, which have more than doubled since 2008. But the Department of Energy has a plan that includes...

The Microgrid Perspective

Exploring the Potential of Community Microgrids Through Three Innovative Case Studies

April 8, 2024

Community microgrids represent a burgeoning solution to meet the energy needs of localized areas and regions. These microgrids are clusters of interconnected energy resources,...

The Revolution in Energy is at Hand: Microgrid 2024 Happens Now

April 22, 2024

The content happening in Baltimore will feature sessions on microgrids involving universities, utilities, communities, public safety, electric vehicle charging and elements of...

Scoring for the Future with a Common Definition: A Taxonomy for Microgrids

April 20, 2024

Think Microgrid’s Taxonomy Brief 2024 strives to define microgrids and the role they can play in transforming our energy system.

Self-Reliance Scorecard Lauds State Legislation Helping DERs and Microgrids Overcome Utility Barriers to Local Energy

April 1, 2024

A new state scorecard from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance focuses on the need for state legislation that levels the playing field for DERs and microgrids, allowing them...

Interconnection Woes Stymie DER and Microgrid Deployment: These Innovative Policies Could Help

Feb. 12, 2024

A few states – including Maryland, Massachusetts and California – are beginning to implement innovative programs to address the interconnection roadblocks.

California Stakeholders Submit Microgrid Tariff Proposals, Saying Microgrids Should Be “Donkeys, Not Unicorns”

Feb. 2, 2024

California nonutility stakeholders submit proposals in six-year-old microgrid tariff proceeding, but worry the effort won’t yield commercialized microgrids, as hoped.

Come Monday: Microgrid 2024 Expanding Three-Day Schedule this April

Jan. 24, 2024

Make those Sunday travel plans: Altogether, Microgrid 2024 will offer about seven hours of Monday kickoff sessions to get the momentum rolling at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront...

Thinking Big, Building Small: Macro Goals, Big Hearts and the Microgrid Future

Dec. 21, 2023

The microgrid story of 2024 and beyond must be anchored in a willingness to keep learning, to keep pushing toward a common good and navigating the sometimes frustrating roadblocks...