DC just proposed a first-of-its-kind regulatory body—and utilities should pay close attention.
icf.com - by Steve Fine and Matt Robison - April 17, 2018
Two Washington, D.C. City Council members proposed a remarkable change in utility regulation last week. Mary Cheh and Charles Allen introduced a bill to create a Distributed Energy Resource Authority (DER Authority): a first-of-its-kind regulatory body that would be empowered to undertake traditional utility planning functions, and with a specific mandate to assess any proposed utility grid investment greater than $25 million and open it up to competitive bids.
Utilities should pay close attention—if adopted, this bill would create a new model of utility planning, operations, and oversight with far-reaching implications. There are four main issues that bear watching:
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