The widespread deployment of rooftop solar and other distributed energy resources (DER) is a game-changer for the electric power industry. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that small-scale solar systems generated 60% more power in 2018 relative to 2016.

An important initial step is to define the requirements and capabilities at the interface between distributed resources and the power grid. This is the objective of the revised national standard IEEE Standard 1547TM. (IEEE, which stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is an international technology standards organization.)

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http://eprijournal.com/a-new-template-for-the-integrated-grid/ 
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/current_month/epm.pdf 

With rapid energy growth in the past 40 years, the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has maintained a steady increase in electricity needs above the global level.

This report makes an attempt to answer these critical questions by taking a deep look into the demand and supply side of the industry. To this end, it will seek to (i) identify the amount of demand growth until 2040, (ii) project the electricity generation matrix by each energy source, and (iii) determine the investment requirements by source, based on cost efficiency criteria, for regulators and utilities’ consideration.

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https://publications.iadb.org/en/energy-path-latin-america-and-caribbean
https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/IDB_TheEnergyPath.pdf

EASE published a position paper explaining the multi-service business case approach whereby multiple stakeholders are together involved in the ownership, development, management, and/or operation of an energy storage facility in order to maximise its social welfare by fully deploying all services storage can deliver.

EASE looks in this document into the main requirements that need to be fulfilled in order to develop a multi-service business case, in the frame of Articles 36 and 54 of the agreed Internal Market in Electricity Directive (recast),and introducestwo configurations of multi-service business cases.

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http://ease-storage.eu/multi-service-business-cases/
http://ease-storage.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019.04_Multi-Service-Business-Models_Position-Paper.pdf

As generation and export tariffs come to an end, projects will become unfeasible on current economic grounds. However, even with the challenges of raising project finance, groups are innovating around new business models that do not rely on government support.

In this report we highlight these opportunities and how regulation should be supporting community energy development to maximise the benefits it can offer to the UK’s evolving energy system.

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https://www.green-alliance.org.uk/resources/Community_Energy_2.0.pdf

Recent power outages caused by hurricanes, wildfires and other natural disasters, coupled with evolving cyber and physical threats, have increased interest in the resilience of electricity systems.

In a new report for Berkeley Lab, organizations that represent state regulators, utilities and consumers discuss the level and scope of resilience needed, how to decide what investments are most impactful, and roles of local, state and federal officials.

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https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/utility-investments-resilience
http://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/feur_11_resilience_final_20190401v2.pdf