Distributed Resource Policy Series
The following papers were published as a series as part a project sponsored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). In the tables below you will find the original papers published by RAP as well as presentations made in our Peer-to-Peer outreach series.
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NASEO Distributed Generation Policy Scoring Tool Version 1.2.0 - Update Only
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| Author(s): Wayne Shirley Date: December 2005 |
| File Type: ZIP Size: 824KB |
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Document Summary: This is a software update for the NASEO Distributed Generation Policy Scoring Tool. It is intended for users who currently have Version 1.0.0 through Version 1.1.1 installed. If you do not have Version 1.0.0 through Version 1.1.1 installed, you should download the Full Version of this file.
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NASEO Distributed Generation Policy Scoring Tool Version 1.2.0 - Full Installation
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| Author(s): Wayne Shirley Date: December 2005 |
| File Type: ZIP Size: 22.5MB |
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Document Summary: This is the full installation file for Version 1.2.0 of the NASEO Distributed Generation Policy Scoring Tool. If you are not a current user of Version s1.0.0 through Version 1.1.1 of this program, you should use this installation file. Current users of Version 1.0.0 through Version 1.1.1 should install the the Update version of this file.
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Distributed Resource Policy Series: Distributed Resources and Electric System Reliability
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| Author(s): Richard Cowart Date: September 2001 |
| File Type: PDF Size: 114KB |
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Document Summary: The U.S. electric system is in the midst of a transformation as profound as any change it has
experienced since the emergence of the franchise system early in the last century. The nation is now
dealing with the consequences of this transformation, not all of them anticipated by the advocates of
reform. In particular, the reliability of electric supply, long taken for granted by most citizens and
governmental officials, is now a matter of increasing national concern. Rolling blackouts, electric price
spikes, and power quality issues have become topics of daily news coverage, private conversation, and
public debate.
The reliability of electric supply, long taken for granted by most citizens and governmental officials, is
now a matter of increasing national concern. As summer heat waves and winter cold snaps drive the
demand for power to new peaks and tax an already-constrained electric grid, policymakers are
considering what steps can be taken to assure system reliability in competitive markets, where
traditional utility rules of price restraint and mutual aid are under siege. The California power crisis of
2000-2001 commands national attention, but reliability problems in various forms are arising in almost
every region of the country.
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Distributed Resource Policy Series: Distributed Resources Credit Pilot Programs: Revealing the Value to Consumers and Vendors
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| Author(s): David Moskovitz Date: September 2001 |
| File Type: PDF Size: 81KB |
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Document Summary: The purpose of this paper is to describe implementation options for two concepts: deaveraged
distribution credits and distributed resource development zones. The concepts are closely related,
and both were first described in Profits and Progress Though Distributed Resources (NARUC,
February 2000). We believe that developing workable programs implementing these policies can
dramatically increase the deployment of distributed resources in ways that benefit distributed
resource vendors, users, and distribution utilities.
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Distributed Resource Policy Series: Distribution System Cost Methodologies for Distributed Generation
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| Author(s): Wayne Shirley Date: September 2001 |
| File Type: PDF Size: 186KB |
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Document Summary: The increased availability and decreasing costs of distributed resources, small scale generation and
efficiency resources or DR present new challenges in regulation of distribution utilities. A key
requirement in assessing DR is a working understanding of the cost of distribution systems and of the
alternative costs that might be incurred or avoided in the absence or presence of DR. Because many of
the choices to install DR will be largely decentralized, every effort should be made to reveal these costs
to as many of the stakeholders as possible, including distribution utilities, customers, DR purveyors,
ISOs and system planners. It is equally important to reveal these costs to regulators who are in the
position to see the big picture and develop appropriate policies for encouraging or discouraging DR, as
necessary.
Distribution system costs have not historically received a high level of scrutiny by regulators. However,
there is every reason to believe that the growth in investment in the distribution system is likely to
accelerate over the next several years, raising the efficacy of greater regulatory review. Principal causes
for the growth in distribution plant investments and costs include the deterioration of embedded facilities
that are at or near the end of their useful lives, expansion and upgrade of facilities that operate at or near
their capacity, and continued growth, both geographically and in terms of intensity, of consumer
demand. Improvements in efficiency are unlikely to counterbalance this growth.
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Distributed Resource Policy Series: Accommodating Distributed Resources in Wholesale Markets
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| Author(s): Frederick (Rick) Weston Date: September 2001 |
| File Type: PDF Size: 81KB |
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Document Summary: Changes in electricity markets, in technology, economics, and regulatory structures, have created a new
interest in small-scale generation and efficiency resources, dispersed throughout the lower-voltage
networks. These “distributed” resources can provide cost-effective reliability and energy services, in
many cases obviating the need for more expensive investments in wires and central generating stations.
Given the unique features of distributed resources, the challenge facing policymakers today is how to
structure wholesale markets for electricity and related services be structured so as to reveal the full
value that they can provide to the system. Put another way, how can the markets be organized and
managed so as to enable distributed resources to compete to the greatest extent possible?
This report offers answers to this question. It looks at the different functions that distributed resources
(“DR”) can perform and examines the barriers to them. It then identifies a series of policy and
operational approaches to promoting DR in wholesale markets.
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