REV launched in 2014, and spans at least 16 major proceedings, along with the investor-owned utilities’ rate cases.
On energy storage, the PSC said it “opened the door to distributed generation suppliers seeking to connect energy storage technologies to the distribution system, allowing for projects up to 5 MW to come on-line.”
Regulators also said they “enhanced” the Standardized Interconnection Requirements application and contract process, in order to make the interconnection process more efficient. Those rules determine how distributed generation developers connect projects to the distribution system, to avoid delay.
In upstate New York, New York State Electric and Gas got approval for new rate structures in its Energy Smart Community project, and can now implement time-differentiated options. Regulators said the pilot rates aim to “convey strong price signals” that focus on the system peak. “For each service classification, the off-peak rates are at least 2.5 times less than the on-peak rates, which send a clear price signal to customers, and provides them with a greater financial incentive to manage their energy usage,” the PSC said.
Regulators also directed creation of the Utility Energy Registry, an online platform that will offer public access to customer-load data for the major utilities. With the registry, the PSC also adopted a privacy standard for the provision of whole building data for apartment buildings.
The registry aims to “help create a more information-centered power system,” the commission said, supporting the exchange of information among utilities, customers, service providers and other third parties. The project will begin in the middle of this year.
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