Developments in Connecticut Grid Modernization Developments in Connecticut Presentation to the New England Restructuring Roundtable Katie Dykes, PURA Chair October 12, 2018

Deliberative Draft. Not public 4/24/2019 PURA Initiatives Investigation into Distribution System Planning of the Electric Distribution Companies Future of distributed generation tariffs: Implementation of Section 7 of Public Act 18-50 Pilot Programs for Grid-Side System Enhancements Insights & Opportunities Deliberative Draft. Not public

Deliberative Draft. Not public 4/24/2019 Docket 17-12-03 PURA Investigation into Distribution System Planning of the Electric Distribution Companies Phase 1 Investigation Topic 1: Key cost drivers associated with maintaining, operating and modernizing the electric distribution system Topic 2: How is customer demand changing? Topic 3: What is the current, and desired future, functionality of the distribution grid? Final decision expected January 2019 Phase 2 Implementation Deliberative Draft. Not public

Docket 18-08-33 PURA Implementation of Section 7 of Public Act 18-50 draft 4/24/2019 Docket 18-08-33 PURA Implementation of Section 7 of Public Act 18-50 Implementing 2018 legislation authorizing new Class I distributed generation procurement and tariffs Scoping docket 18-06-15 established schedule One docket, four tracks, multiple interim decisions Track 1: EDC procurement plans Track 2: Common tariff elements: e.g., netting interval Track 3: Residential tariffs Track 4: Shared Clean Energy Facilities program and tariffs Deliberative Draft. Not public

Deliberative Draft. Not public 4/24/2019 Pilot Programs on Grid-Side System Enhancements to Integrate Distributed Energy Resources United Illuminating Hosting capacity and analysis mapping, and DER and load forecasting. Docket 17-06-03 Localized targeting of DERs to avoid or defer a distribution capacity upgrade. Docket 17-06-03 Pending: Grid-connected battery storage. Docket 17-11-13. Eversource DER customer portal and management system, DER hosting capacity map. Docket 17-06-02 Deliberative Draft. Not public

Insights & Opportunities draft 4/24/2019 Insights & Opportunities Lowering barriers to stakeholder participation How to design and utilize pilots effectively Maximizing value through integrated (distributed) resource planning Standards and interoperability: are regional approaches useful/appropriate? Deliberative Draft. Not public

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