With comments having been filed in response to two dockets focused on DERs, this blog will examine comments filed in the rulemaking docket (Participation of Distributed Energy Resource Aggregation in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators), Dkt. No. RM18-9 and (1) identify the key takeaways from differing sets of stakeholders (including their trade associations); and (2) provide some limited commentary. The question that remains, in light of the comments, is whether FERC will issue a revised NOPR, will proceed to a Final Rule, or will shelve the rulemaking and focus on other priorities while various RTOs/ISOs adopt their own DER aggregation approaches, if they consider one is needed.
