Non-Wires Alternatives

Non-Wires Alternatives Implementation, Customer and Community Outreach Plan
January 30, 2017 | Con Edison | This report provides components of Con Edison’s NWA program, including detailed measurement and verification procedures, a process for identifying a portfolio of NWA projects, a description of the recovery of NWA expenditures that will demonstrate they are incremental to Con Edison’s revenue requirements, and a customer and community outreach plan.

Joint Utilities’ Supplemental Information on the Non-Wires Alternatives Identification and Sourcing Process and Notification Practices
May 8, 2017 | As requested by stakeholders and directed by the New York State Public Service Commission, this filing by Con Edison on behalf of the Joint Utilities provides greater transparency into the NWA identification and sourcing processes and how the utilities will further develop NWA opportunities as the basis for a market solicitation. Appendices 1 through 5 provide utility-specific information on NWA Suitability Criteria, timing of the development of each utility’s capital plan, identification of NWA opportunities, a description of project needs, and the expected timing of solicitations tied to these opportunities.

Non-Wires Alternatives Non-Traditional Transmission and Distribution Solutions: Market Drivers and Barriers, Business Models, and Global Market Forecasts
April 2017 | This ICF white paper draws from industry experience to explore NWA challenges, opportunities, and best practices, and makes recommendations that can help utilities procure NWA solutions more efficiently and smoothly in order to make demonstrations more effective and scalable beyond pilot projects to full-fledged operational portfolios.

Procuring Distribution Non-Wires Alternatives: Practical Lessons from the Bleeding Edge
July 2017 | Drawing from industry experience to-date, this ICF white paper focuses on NWA procurement and provides insights into the current state of distribution system NWA procurement and procurement best practices.

Non-Wires Alternatives Projects: Emerging Utility Revenue Sources for the Distributed Energy Market
June 2017 | GTM Research | This Grid Edge article explores how, by enabling utilities to engage in load-modifying distributed generation and storage technologies, NWA offers a mechanism through which utilities can leverage the growth of distributed energy resources.

DER and the Non-Wires Solutions Opportunity
May 2018 | This report by the Solar Energy Industries Association, is the fifth in SEIA’s series on grid modernization, and focuses on the ways in which utilities are deferring traditional distribution grid investments with investments in DER.