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Defining DERs: Does it matter that we all seem to have slightly different definitions?

Defining DERs: Does it matter that we all seem to have slightly different definitions?

Jeff ResslerJeff Ressler | Feb 27, 2018

Over the last few years, the term DER has become more and more commonplace in the energy space. Most of us know that this three letter acronym (TLA, get it?) stands for Distributed Energy Resources, but what Distributed Energy Resources are might be a bit fuzzier....
Hot Topics at DistribuTECH 2018: The rise of DERMS, integrated interconnection and DER adoption planning

Hot Topics at DistribuTECH 2018: The rise of DERMS, integrated interconnection and DER adoption planning

Alan SaundersAlan Saunders | Feb 14, 2018

Every year we’re inspired at DistribuTECH, where in 2018 more than 11,000 participants from over 70 countries gathered in San Antonio to discuss the latest topics on grid modernization. For Clean Power Research and our customers, there was ample evidence that many of...
Buy or build? NREL examines the pros and cons for DER application processing systems

Buy or build? NREL examines the pros and cons for DER application processing systems

Alan SaundersAlan Saunders | Jan 9, 2018

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released their independent study on “Improving Interconnection Processes with Online Application Processing Systems” for distributed energy resources (DERs). As DERs become even more prevalent, the...
Transitioning from NEM to successor tariffs can be a breeze for utilities

Transitioning from NEM to successor tariffs can be a breeze for utilities

Jennifer GoughJennifer Gough | Dec 5, 2017

As net energy metering (NEM) evolves across the U.S., utilities are facing the challenge of meeting new successor tariff requirements related to application data collection, communication, performance, online payments and more. That transition can be tricky,...
Attention DER/PV interconnection teams: Your system planners are relying on you!

Attention DER/PV interconnection teams: Your system planners are relying on you!

Morgan PutnamMorgan Putnam | Aug 18, 2017

Recently I spoke with two very large investor owned utilities (IOUs) that are trying to backfill information for thousands and tens-of-thousands of PV systems located in their service territories. In other words, these system planners do not have equipment...
How Duke Energy sped up payment processing by 90% with ePayments

How Duke Energy sped up payment processing by 90% with ePayments

Jess SudoJess Sudo | Jul 21, 2017

In late 2016, Clean Power Research announced a new integration between PowerClerk® and Stripe for ePayment processing. Stripe allows applicants to pay fees such as application fees via an online system integrated with PowerClerk’s workflow, rather than physically...
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