senate resolution no.143
Senator Lauwers offered the following resolution:
Whereas, The prevalence of customer-owned electric generation resources, commonly referred to as "distributed generation," has significantly increased in this state since its establishment in 2008; and
Whereas, The electric distribution system, commonly referred to as the grid, was not designed to accommodate significant amounts of distributed generation. The integration of significant amounts of distributed generation resources has resulted in grid reliability concerns in other states; and
Whereas, Grid reliability issues are likely to be impacted by specific technological components utilized throughout the grid. The development of policies governing distributed generation will benefit from an understanding of grid-wide, and location-specific, impacts from the integration of increased distributed generation resources; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, That we encourage the Michigan Public Service Commission to undertake a study on reliability, interconnection, and related grid integration issues for distributed energy, including the potential growth of distributed energy systems, changes to system design and operations, and system benefits, costs, and other impacts; and be it further
Resolved, That we ask the Michigan Public Service Commission to coordinate with electric utilities and other parties on distribution circuit-level data collection, modeling, and analysis to examine and monitor the capacity for, and constraints to, interconnecting additional distributed energy resources, as well as technology and operation options to mitigate reliability impacts and maximize customer and system benefits; and be it further
Resolved, That we encourage electric utilities and other parties to assist the Michigan Public Service Commission in supplying data and expertise as requested; and be it further
Resolved, That we request the Michigan Public Service Commission transmit the results of the study by December 31, 2022.