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Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Projects
Distributed energy resource (DER) projects will help support the clean energy goals of Massachusetts and the objectives of renewable energy developers across six different areas.
Distributed energy resources (DER) are small-scale energy generation and storage technologies, interconnected to the electric grid, and installed at or near where the energy will be used.
Distributed generation (DG) refers to the array of DER technologies used to generate electricity, such as solar panels, wind turbines, natural gas and fuel cells.
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of DER facilities, primarily solar and battery storage, seeking to interconnect to the electric grid in southeastern and western Massachusetts. These DG projects require equipment upgrades at some existing substations, as well as the installation of new transmission lines in existing rights-of-ways.
We conducted extensive system planning studies in seven affected areas where electric system upgrades are needed to support the interconnection of new DER. These clean energy resources are needed to help Massachusetts achieve its net-zero carbon emissions goal by 2050.
If all six groups of projects are approved, that would enable the integration of approximately 1 gigawatt (GW) of solar energy. So far, five groups have been approved by the Department of Public Utilities (DPU).
