Anatomy of a 4 Step DER Plan + its Legislative Root.

Nevada regulators adopted a 4 step plan for distributed resources that will:

• investor-owned utilities will be required to file every 3 years beginning 2019 to provide framework for distributed energy resources forecasting
• locational net benefit analysis, to better site distributed resources
• an assessment of grid needs to prioritize and screen projects addressing specific need
• hosting capacity analysis to identify where DERs can be developed on the grid

The Bill that got us to this point: SB 146 (2017 | NV)

Utility Dive | Nevada approves 4-part plan to integrate more DER