Deliverability for distributed generation

The ISO is proposing a new annual assessment methodology for determining and allocating resource adequacy deliverability for distributed generation resources. Currently, the ISO determines distributed generation deliverability through assessments in the ISO generator interconnection cluster study process. Load serving entities use the deliverability results for their procurement of distribution-connected generation to meet resource adequacy requirements. The new assessment would run parallel to the generation interconnection procedures and be coordinated with the interconnection procedures and the transmission planning process. This initiative is in support of the Governor of California’s goal of 12,000 megawatts of distributed generation by 2020.