MRC Advocacy

MRC Advocacy

Despite their many advantages, microgrids face significant barriers to widespread implementation. As a fundamental complication, microgrids face often-conflicting regulation at the federal, state and sometime local levels. The MRC focuses its efforts on intervening where issues of importance arise. Looking ahead to 2020 and beyond the Coalition seeks to promote industry growth by focusing on advocacy efforts related to microgrids, eliminating regulatory barriers, resiliency, and utility 2.0. 

MRC Priorities

State and Local Activities

On August 28, 2020, the Microgrid Resources Coalition filed reply comments on the Track 2 Microgrid and ...
On September 14, 2020, the Microgrid Resources Coalition filed a Joint Parties Notice of Ex Parte Meeting ...
On September 8, 2020, the Microgrid Resources Coalition submitted a letter of protest of Pacific Gas ...
On August 14, 2020, the Microgrid Resources Coalition filed comments on the Track 2 Microgrid and Resiliency ...
On July 30, 2020, the Microgrid Resources Coalition submitted comments to the California Energy Commission ...
PRESS RELEASE (Sacramento, CA) — In a letter sent to Governor Newsom and state leaders, a coalition ...
On April 30, 2020, the MRC authored a letter in support of Senator Stern's SB1215 bill, which will create ...
On April 27, 2020, the MRC submitted comments on Hawaiian Electric's Transmittal of a Draft Microgrid ...
On February 6, 2020, the MRC submitted reply comments to the California PUC in response to comments from ...
On January 30, 2020, the Microgrid Resources Coalition submitted comments on the Track 1 Microgrid and ...
On March 8, 2020, the Microgrid Resources Coalition submitted a memorandum in support of NY Assembly ...
On February 20, 2020, Senator Stern (D-CA) introduced Senate Bill 1215, which would establish the Local ...
On Thursday, December 12, 2019, the Microgrid Resources Coalition participated in and presented at the ...
On Tuesday, November 5, 2019, the MRC submitted reply comments on Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding ...
On Monday, October 21, 2019, the MRC submitted comments on the Preliminary Scoping Memo issued as a part ...
On May 31, 2019, the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) submitted its final report to the Public Service ...
On Thursday, April 25, 2019, MRC Board members Edward (Ted) Borer of Princeton University and Joan Kowal ...
On March 11, 2019,  the MRC submitted a supplemental reply brief to the Public Utilities Commission of ...
On February 8, 2019,  the MRC responded to preliminary questions in the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission ...
On November 20, 2017, the MRC responded to a request from the Puerto Rico Energy Commission seeking input ...

Federal Activities

On Sept 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 2222 , a landmark rule ...
On November 6, 2018, the MRC filed comments to FERC in response to the proposal for revisions to its ...
On June 22, 2018, the MRC filed comments in response to FERC's Notice of Technical Conference, dated ...
On May 9, 2018,  the MRC filed comments and a Motion to Intervene in connection with the Grid Resilience ...
On Friday, March 9, 2018, the seven RTOs and ISOs filed comments in response to FERC docket AD18-7-000 ...
On October 23, 2017, the MRC filed comments and a Motion to Intervene in response to FERC’s Notice of ...
On February 28, 2017, the MRC filed comments on FERC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Fast-Start Pricing ...
On January 30, 2017, the MRC filed on FERC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Electric Storage Participation ...
On June 30, 2016, the MRC filed comments on CAISO's Stakeholder Initiative to review transmission access ...
On April 25, 2016, the MRC filed comments and a motion to intervene in response to FERC's Notice of Inquiry ...
On March 25, 2016, the MRC filed a Motion to Intervene and Comments to California Independent System ...
On July 17, 2015, the MRC filed with the United States Supreme Court a  Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support ...
On June 30, 2016, the MRC filed comments on CAISO's Stakeholder Initiative to review transmission access ...
IDEA has submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the Grid Resiliency Pricing ...
On February 13, 2015, the MRC submitted comments in response to PJM Interconnection, LLC's filing in ...

Recent Regulatory News

09-22-2020 17:45
On September 14, 2020, the Microgrid Resources Coalition filed a Joint Parties Notice of Ex Parte Meeting ...
09-21-2020 14:02
Elisa Wood, Microgrid Knowledge Summary Twenty-five parties today urged California regulators to ...
09-21-2020 00:00
On Sept 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 2222 , a landmark rule ...
08-18-2020 17:02
Elisa Wood, Microgrid Knowledge Summary As if to underscore the point, power blackouts rolled across ...
08-06-2020 17:39
Summary On July 27, the District of Columbia Public Service Commission issued a notice seeking stakeholder ...

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C. Baird Brown

Principal, eco(n)law

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