Informational Links

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Energy Resilience

• Resilient Energy Platform
Developed through the USAID-NREL Partnership, the Platform provides expertly curated resources, training materials, data, tools, and direct technical assistance in planning resilient, sustainable, and secure power systems.
• CESER Blueprint U.S. Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response
•  U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission Report Government Structure For Cybersecurity
•  Cybersecurity Considerations for Distributed Energy Resources on the U.S. Electric Grid  U.S. Dept. of Energy
•  Energy Resilience Assessment Methodology NREL
•  More Than One Pathway to Energy Resilience NREL
•  Planning for an Energy Resilient Future: Energy Project Models and Lessons Learned  U.S. Dept. of Energy
•  Ukraine Fights To Build More Resilient, Renewable Energy System in Midst of War NREL News & Feature Stories - NREL Is Providing Tools and Technical Support To Help Ukraine Realize a Resilient, Decentralized, Renewable Energy Grid
•  SEPA Resilience Playbook for States and Utilities Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Distributed Generation Technologies - Reports

• Final Report for Assessment of Visibility and Control Options for Distributed Energy Resources, 2012, California ISO.
• NREL Energy Analysis Publications
• Renewable Electricity Futures Study, 2012, NREL
  The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures) is an initial investigation of the extent to which renewable energy supply can meet the electricity demands of the continental United States over the next several decades.
• Biomethane Project prepared for WIDRC:
  •   "Biomethane Production Facility Pipeline Interconnection in Wisconsin -- Issues and Strategies, a White Paper"
  •   WIDRC Project: Powerpoint on the Development of a Strategy Paper on Customer-Owned Renewable Natural Gas Interconnection Issues
    
  • Background Documents - Customer-Owned Distributed Natural Gas

Distributed Generation Project Links

• Madison Gas & Electric's Shared Solar Program started May 2016
• Wisconsin Utilities - Customer Project Links
• Wisconsin Projects-RENEW Wisconsin
• Five Biogas Project Casebooks, Wisconsin Farm & Food Industry Projects
• Cornell University Farm Biogas System Case Studies
• US DOE funded energy storage project database (hosted and maintained by Sandia National Laboratory)
• Energy Storage Association, includes tutorials on many storage technologies.
• EPRI BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) Failure Event Database
• A Focus on Battery Energy Storage Safety – EPRI Journal, Fall 2022

Electricity Transmission and Distribution

• Midwest ISO (MISO)
• North American Electric Reliability Council
• American Transmission Company (ATC)

Standards

• UL Standard 1741
• IEEE Distributed Resources and Electric Power Systems Interconnection (P1547)
• The Evolution of Battery Energy Storage Safety Codes and Standards – EPRI 2023 White Paper

Combined Heat and Power (CHP)

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Combined Heat and Power Partnership
• Combined Heat and Power and District Heating and Cooling (DHC) Information Site
• Midwest Cogeneration Association
• Dept. of Energy CHP Technical Assistance Partnerships
• Northeast Midwest Institute - Combined Heat and Power
• EERE Combined Heat and Power Research
• MIT Cogeneration Project

FERC Related

• Backgrounder - Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA)
• Order 2222: Participation of Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators (Issued September 17, 2020)
• Electric - Qualifying Facility - How to Obtain Qualifying Status For Your Facility - FERC
• 18 CFR PART 292 REGULATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 201 AND 210 OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT OF 1978 WITH REGARD TO SMALL POWER PRODUCTION AND COGENERATION – FERC
• 18 CFR Part 131.80 FERC FORM 556
• Distributed Resources Policy Series - Regulatory Assistance Project

Green Power Certification and Credits

• U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Challenge Funding and Initiatives
• Green-e : Renewable Electricity Certification Program
• Center for Resource Solutions – Green-e Program Verification
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Green Power Partnership with Listing of Suppliers and Procurers
• RIN Trades and Price Information Qualifying renewable fuel using Renewable Identification Numbers or RINs

Distributed Resources Related - National Laboratories

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• Sandia National Laboratory – Renewable Energy Technologies
• National Wind Technology Center
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Program
• Energy Information Administration

Energy Efficiency Links

• Alliance to Save Energy
• Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA)
• Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE)
• DOE’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
• DOE-EPA Energy Star® Program

• National Association of Energy Service Companies
   

National (USA) Energy Links – General NGO

• World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE)

National (USA) Energy Links – General Government

International Distributed Energy

• Fraunhofer Institute