'Not your grandma's DER': Distributed resources modernize, prove value to grid

Utility Dive: Proof is emerging that distributed energy resources (DER) can deliver services to the power system in addition to the customers who buy and install them.

DER advocates say the resources can respond quickly to the grid's need to ramp generation up or down, store over-generation and control system frequency changes and local voltage fluctuations. Pilots are in place across the country to prove DER can fulfill these promises, and interest from utilities and system operators, driven by market factors and policy mandates, is growing fast.

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