Zachary Gerson

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Massachusetts DPU Approves Utilities’ Electric Sector Modernization Plans

On August 29, 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) issued a highly anticipated order approving the Electric Sector Modernization Plans (“ESMPs”) filed by the three Massachusetts electric distribution...more

9/18/2024  /  Clean Energy , Electricity , Energy Policy , Energy Sector , Power Grid , Public Utilities Commission , Public Utility , Regulatory Agenda , State and Local Government , Utilities Sector

EFSB Tentative Decisions Decline Jurisdiction over Battery Energy Storage Systems

In tentative decisions issued on April 26, 2023 (here and here), the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) proposes to conclude that it lacks jurisdiction under current laws to review battery energy storage...more

5/1/2023  /  Clean Energy , Electricity , Energy Sector , Energy Storage , Public Utility

Deadline Approaching for Comments on Proposal to Reform Distribution System Planning and Allocation of Interconnection Costs

When the Massachusetts DPU opened docket DPU 20-75, I described it as a proposal to fundamentally change system planning and cost allocation in Massachusetts. The interconnection process in Massachusetts has been a perpetual...more

12/14/2020  /  Clean Energy , Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) , Energy Sector , Interconnections , Public Utility , Solar Energy , State and Local Government , Utilities Sector

Department of Public Utilities Proposes Rethink for Distribution System Planning and Interconnection Costs

On October 22, the Massachusetts DPU issued an Order opening a new docket (DPU 20-75) that seeks comments on a proposal to shake up the way the electric distribution system is planned and paid for in Massachusetts. As I see...more

10/30/2020  /  Clean Energy , Energy Sector , Power Grid , Public Utilities Commission , Public Utility , Solar Energy , State and Local Government , Utilities Sector

Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities Investigates Advanced Metering and Time-Varying Rates for Customers with Electric...

On July 2, 2020, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities launched an “Investigation into the Modernization of the Electric Grid – Phase Two.”  In this investigation, the DPU will look again at deploying advanced...more

7/22/2020  /  Clean Energy , Cost-Benefit Analysis , Electric Vehicles , Electricity , Energy Sector , Public Utility , State and Local Government , Utilities Sector

More Detail on the Massachusetts DG Interconnection Docket

On Monday, August 19, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) provided additional information on the timing, process, and scope of its investigation into DG interconnection. The full memorandum from the...more

8/24/2019  /  Electricity , Energy Sector , Power Grid , Public Utility , Tariffs , Technical Conference , Transmission Grid

SMART Moves to a New Forum: Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities to Consider a SMART Tariff

Stakeholders have been following the development of “SMART” as a successor to the SREC program in Massachusetts for more than a year.  (See our previous posts on the development process here, here, and here.)  As it stands,...more

10/12/2017  /  Electricity , Public Utility , SMART , SREC , Tariffs

Eversource Proposes Rate Increases and $400 Million in Grid Modernization Investments

On January 17, 2017, Eversource Energy filed a petition with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) that would increase base distribution rates for its 1.4 million electricity customers across the...more

1/26/2017  /  Charging Stations , Electric Vehicles , Electricity , Energy Storage , Public Utility

DOER’s Solar Incentive Straw Proposal: Optimism, Anxiety, Uncertainty.

On September 23, DOER presented a straw proposal for the next phase of Massachusetts solar incentives. DOER’s ambitious proposal for a tariff-based program reflects a thoughtful development process and a laudable goal of...more

9/29/2016  /  Department of Energy (DOE) , Public Utility , Solar Energy , SREC
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