Keeping the Lights On: Addressing the challenge of distributed energy resource growth

How the electric utility industry is coping with the rise of Distributed Energy Resources
 
The rise of distributed energy resources (DERs) is an exciting and interesting opportunity for customers, and a challenge and opportunity for the utilities and the organizations that regulate them.
 
In this white paper, West Monroe Partners takes a comprehensive look at the present and future state of DERs through multiple lenses: customer adoption and awareness; utilities’ adoption challenges and opportunities, and support and planning initiatives; and regulatory commissions’ actions, obstacles and perceptions.