Training for States on Integrated Distribution System Planning 2.0

Planning for Electrification and Distributed Energy Resources

The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory invite State Energy Offices, public utility commissions, and utility consumer advocates to participate in one of three trainings on integrated distribution system planning. The content of the three trainings will be identical, and state participants are welcome to attend any one of them.

The training includes technical courses, peer-sharing, office hours with trainers, covering all new topics with a focus on planning for electrification and distributed energy resources and concluding with a new half-day state action planning workshop (see below for a list of topics). If you missed the 2023-24 trainings, please review the slides and recordings here.

Limited travel stipends are available upon request. If you require travel assistance, please reach out to your host organization before making travel arrangements: NASEO ­– Camille Norton (cnorton@naseo.org), NARUC and NASUCA – Jessica Diaz (jdiaz@naruc.org) 

The three training options include:

• December 11 & 12, Charlotte, North Carolina: For a draft agenda, click here.
  • This training will include an optional site visit to EPRI's Charlotte Laboratory on the morning of December 13.
• March 11 & 12, Detroit, Michigan: Registration Now Open!
  • This training may include an optional site visit on the morning of March 13. Details forthcoming.
• April 30 & May 1, Denver, Colorado: Registration information forthcoming.

Technical content in the trainings will cover the following:

• Best practices for planning distribution systems.
• Incorporating electrification and DERs in local grid planning
• Stakeholder-informed planning processes to achieve state goals
• Distribution planning challenges and solutions
• What to ask utilities about their distribution planning

In addition, the second day will conclude with a facilitated state action planning workshop in which participants will:

• Consolidate the learning from the training sessions
• Apply learning to develop tangible plans for advancing distribution planning in their home states
• Engage in interactive discussions and peer exchange to support ongoing IDSP implementation post-workshop

Daily Schedule for all Trainings:

• Day 1: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Distribution Planning, Load and DER Forecasting, Equity and Stakeholder Engagement, “Office Hours” with Trainers
• Day 2: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Distribution Planning for Transportation and Building Electrification (morning); State Action Planning Workshop (afternoon)
• Day 3: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Optional Site Visit

These trainings are open to commissioners and staff of all public utility commissions, the directors and staff of State Energy Offices, and state consumer advocates. They are supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.