Integrated Distribution System Planning
Advancing best practices in energy planning and procurement
Integrated Distribution System Planning
We support systematic approaches to satisfying customer, state, and utility objectives by providing best practices for assessing grid needs and solutions, including distributed energy resources.
Integrated Distribution System Planning provides a systematic approach to satisfying customer service expectations and state and utility objectives for grid planning and design. It addresses grid reliability, resilience, safety, operational efficiency, and integrating and utilizing distributed energy resources, and includes a grid modernization roadmap. EMP provides education, training, and technical assistance on these topics for public utility commissions, state energy offices, utility consumer advocates, and other state decision-makers. We also conduct research to advance planning practices.
We provide training on Integrated Distribution System Planning.
Check out the available trainings.
Selected Projects
- PUC Peer-sharing Webinars on Integrated Distribution System Planning
- Western Regional Training: Planning for Distribution Systems, Distributed Energy Resources, and Resilience
- State Distribution Planning Requirements
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Recent Publications
Schwartz, Lisa C, Natalie Mims Frick, Margot Everett, Chris Lawrie, Cody Davis, Nancy Ryan, Andrew Satchwell, and Grace Relf."Integrated Distribution System Planning 2.0: Planning for Electrification and Distributed Energy Resources."
(2024).
Schwartz, Lisa C, Natalie Mims Frick, Sean Murphy, Guillermo Pereira, Grace Relf, Jessica Shipley, and Josh A Schellenberg."State Requirements for Electric Distribution System Planning."
(2024).
Relf, Grace, Peter Cappers, Ronny Sandoval, and Myles T Collins."Clean Energy Innovator Fellows Training: Electricity Regulation Basics."
(2024).
Schellenberg, Josh A, and Lisa C Schwartz."Grid Resilience Plans: State Requirements, Utility Practices, and Utility Plan Template."
(2024).
Davis, Cody, and Lisa C Schwartz."Sizing Electric Service Panels and Utility Infrastructure for Residential Electrification and Distributed Energy Resources Adoption."
(2024).
Price, Snuller."Benefit-Cost Analysis for Grid Modernization Investments: Key Elements and Jurisdictional Survey."
(2024).
Frick, Natalie Mims, Lisa C Schwartz, Julieta Giraldez, Cody Davis, Samir Succar, Ronny Sandoval, Gayathri Krishnamoothy, Tom Wall, Josh A Schellenberg, Peter H Larsen, and Neil Weisenfeld."Regional Training: Planning for Distribution Systems, Distributed Energy Resources, and Resilience."
(2024).
Integrated Distribution System Planning