How Utilities are Speeding Grid Interconnection in Exchange for Customer Flexibility
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How Utilities are Speeding Grid Interconnection in Exchange for Customer Flexibility
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Pilot projects from Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Commonwealth Edison (ComED) and other utilities are demonstrating the value of flexible interconnection, programs in which utilities allow customers to interconnect to the grid much more quickly than they would under traditional interconnection programs. In exchange, the customers agree to scale back or eliminate consumption when the utility needs power. Jessie Bauer, ComEd's manager of DER engineering and capacity planning, and Alex Collins, PG&E's manager of DERMS execution and operations, describe their pilot programs. Two hardware and software providers explain what's needed on the customer side, and a customer deploying fast chargers points to the benefits of such programs.
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