CPUC finds DERs save on transmission investments, but implementation remains 'the big question'

Utility Dive: California's avoided cost calculator is a mechanism that estimates the benefits that DERs can provide by cutting costs related to natural gas and electric service. It was first adopted in 2005, and includes six types of avoided costs, including transmission and distribution investments. The current form is a spreadsheet model with hourly values for the marginal cost a utility would avoid with DERs over a 30-year time frame.

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