The value in distributed energy: It's all about location
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No topic has dominated the power conversation recently as much as the rise of distributed energy resources (DER). The effects—and potential benefits—could be enormous but do not accrue equally in all places, across all technologies, or to all users. And with high integration costs, determining the true, locational net value of DER has become critically important.
In this paper, some of ICF’s top energy and environmental minds contribute their experience with DER benefit/cost analyses to elaborate on current valuing of DER and why the approaches used previously in many states for estimating the narrower value of solar (VOS) are now insufficient to meet the industry’s needs.
Download to learn from the experts about the technically demanding and complex analysis required for value of DER, including specifics from a California case study, and how the findings can provide insights and contribute to improved planning and investment.
