The Smart Grid Energy Marketplace of the Future

This panel session will discuss what changes in technology, regulation, and business will be needed to enable a grid with very diverse distributed energy resources and a more open market. The framework for starting this discussion will be the recent notice of proposed rulemaking from FERC regarding the participation of electric storage resources and distributed energy resource aggregations in the RTO/ISO markets in conjunction with the results of several recent pilot programs. The pilot programs discussed will include PSE&G's Solar 4 All Grid Security and Storm Preparedness solar plus battery pilot projects and PG&E's Energy Storage for Market Operations pilot program.