rulemaking; DER deployment in disadvantaged communities; 13 Accounting for the GHG reduction benefits of DERs; 14 What grid modernization functions need to be deployed to support 15 full DER integration; Establishment of safety standards; 16 Data access and confidentiality issues, to the extent they are not 17 resolved in Track 1 with respect to the LNBA and Interconnection Agreement methodologies; Appropriate growth scenarios and/or forecasts for analysis of DER 18 deployment; Consideration of and need for optimized portfolios of DERs; 19 Whether and when to require periodic updates to utility distribution 20 resource plans; Relationship to utility general rate cases (GRCs); and 21 Integration of DRPs into utility distribution infrastructure planning 22 and investment. The Assigned Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge Rulings On August 9, 2016, an Assigned Commissioner’s Ruling on Track 3 Issues (August 9, 2016 ACR) was issued and invited party comments on the Commissioner’s proposal to divide Track 3 into subtracks and streamline the number of items each subtrack would address: 1. Subtrack 1: DER Adoption and Distribution Load Forecasting (items 8, 9, and 18). In this track, the parties will consider the need to forecast DER adoption and loads at various levels of distribution system disaggregation; methodologies and data sources for distributionlevel forecasting; and coordination with ongoing forecasting activities in the IEPR, LTPP, TPP, and any other applicable demand forecasts in determining the DER growth
rulemaking; 13 DER deployment in disadvantaged communities; 14 Accounting for the GHG reduction benefits of DERs; 15 What grid modernization functions need to be deployed to support full DER integration; 16 Establishment of safety standards; 17 Data access and confidentiality issues, to the extent they are not resolved in Track 1 with respect to the LNBA and Interconnection Agreement methodologies; 18 Appropriate growth scenarios and/or forecasts for analysis of DER deployment; 19 Consideration of and need for optimized portfolios of DERs; 20 Whether and when to require periodic updates to utility distribution resource plans; 21 Relationship to utility general rate cases (GRCs); and 22 Integration of DRPs into utility distribution infrastructure planning and investment. The Assigned Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge Rulings On August 9, 2016, an Assigned Commissioner’s Ruling on Track 3 Issues (August 9, 2016 ACR) was issued and invited party comments on the Commissioner’s proposal to divide Track 3 into subtracks and streamline the number of items each subtrack would address: 1. Subtrack 1: DER Adoption and Distribution Load Forecasting (items 8, 9, and 18). In this track, the parties will consider the need to forecast DER adoption and loads at various levels of distribution system disaggregation; methodologies and data sources for distributionlevel forecasting; and coordination with ongoing forecasting activities in the IEPR, LTPP, TPP, and any other applicable demand forecasts in determining the DER growth
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