- A new rulemaking launched by the California Public Utilities Commission in late June will allow regulators to take a closer look at modernizing the electric grid, in anticipation of a wave of distributed energy resources (DERs) including millions of electric vehicles.
- The commission intends, through the proceeding, to provide a framework that will allow distributed solar, storage, electric vehicles and other DERs to better integrate into the grid, improve distribution system planning — especially around EV charging infrastructure — and enable better grid investments that take into account DER siting plans and resiliency considerations.