FERC on Thursday gave the green light that allows distributed energy resources (DER) aggregators to compete in all regional organized wholesale electricity markets, basically leveling the playing field with traditional fuel sources including natural gas, to encourage technology innovation.

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DERs are small-scale power generation or storage technologies (typically from 1-10,000 kW) that provide an alternative or an enhancement of the traditional electric power system. They include “everything from rooftop solar panels and storage resources, to demand response and energy efficiency resources, such as grid-enabled water heaters, and even electric vehicles and their supply equipment,” Chairman Neil Chatterjee said during the regular meeting of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...