How do you place a monetary value on microgrid reliability and other benefits, such as providing greenhouse gas reductions and boosting public confidence? That's just one of the many issues being explored as the California Energy Commission (CEC) continues to map out microgrid policy in a series of workshops. As part of the mapping project, … [Read more...]
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California Seeks to Put a Monetary Value on Microgrid Reliability, Other Benefits
March 3, 2017 By Lisa Cohn
Filed Under: Economics, Environmental, Google News Feed, North America, Policy, Reliability, Uncategorized, x ~ Sub Features Tagged With: California Energy Commission, microgrid road map
Can California Shape Microgrid Development? Because it’s Coming Anyway
May 27, 2016 By Elisa Wood

Promote them or not, microgrids are coming to California. So how can policymakers shape microgrid development to get the most out of it for consumers and the grid? That's how Gabe Petlin, supervisor of grid planning and reliability at the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC), framed California’s upcoming quest to create a microgrid road … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Economics, Editor's Choice, Google News Feed, Grid, North America, Policy, Regions Tagged With: California ISO, cec, CPUC, Microgrid Newsletter Article, microgrid road map