Topic:"Procurement Practices" in M12177

Qualitative Assessment Criteria Assessment Rationale Risk Management ● LOW Centralized procurement requires strong coordination and market design to ensure aggregator participation and customer enrollment. Utility-owned assets may face sta...

AI summary The document discusses the emerging need for a centralized DER procurement framework, emphasizing the importance of stakeholder engagement, transparency, and clarity in rules and processes to ensure effective procurement and market readiness.

Enabling Strategies - Rates: Time-varying rates such as time of use and critical peak pricing (sometimes specific to equipment like EV specific TOU rate), and net-metering for distributed solar - Programs: Demand response programs such as...

AI summary The document outlines enabling strategies for integrating distributed energy resources (DER) into the grid, including time-varying rates, demand response programs, competitive procurement processes, utility-owned DERs, and value-based compensation mechanisms for DERs.