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Energy News Network: Federal Policy Could Unlock New Value From Rooftop Solar and Home Batteries

Posted by David Thill on Oct 10, 2019

Energy News Network highlighted AEE's DER Report and included quotes by AEE's Jeff Dennis. Read excerpts below and the entire Energy News Network piece here. 

Rooftop solar panels and home battery systems could play a significant role in balancing the nation’s electric grid, but federal regulators need to adopt policies to help make that happen, according to a clean energy group’s recent report.

So-called distributed energy resources — customer-managed generation and storage systems spread across the grid — are often too small to participate in the regional wholesale markets where utilities buy most of the electricity they sell to customers...

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Energy News Network: Illinois Will Take More Time to Consider Customer Impact of Cloud Software

Posted by David Thill on Jul 16, 2019

Energy News Network covered the Illinois utility commission's (ICC) decision to withdraw a proposed rule affording more favorable accounting rules to utilities that choose third-party cloud-computing solutions, quoting AEE's Danny Waggoner. AEE has actively participated in the regulatory proceeding. See excerpts below and read the entire Energy News Network story here.
 
Illinois regulators have withdrawn for now a proposed rule change that would let utilities earn a rate of return for cloud-based software subscriptions. The Illinois Commerce Commission faced an early July deadline to implement the rule. On June 26 it voted instead to retract and resubmit the proposal later to allow more time to address questions about how it could affect customers.
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