As more people invest in onsite generation, such as rooftop solar panels, home battery storage, electric vehicles, and other technologies, the nation's electric grid and electric utilities have an important opportunity to evolve to incorporate these technologies.
This report explores the costs associated with distributed energy resources and the associated value that utilities and the electric grid offer to support and enhance these technologies.
The grid will become even more important in a high-DER and electrified future, as these resources will need to be integrated in an efficient manner to ensure reliability.