DER Trends De-marginalization: Zero marginal cost distributed generation assets include rooftop solar, community solar gardens & 8-10 MW wind farms Decentralization: Batteries, heat pumps, electric heating, electric vehicles, and distributed generation often chosen and owned by end-user Digitalization: Advanced communications, cloud computing, Internet of Things - e.g. smart thermostats, controllable load, virtual power plants and system aggregators

Moving to a System of Distributed Energy Resources MISO’s Internal Efforts DER Steering Committee DER CORE Team Education Technical Preparation Collaboration MISO’s External Efforts OMS Joint Priorities, DER Stakeholder workshops OMS Scoping Session MISO Outreach to TOs FERC Update Achievements: MISO/OMS Joint Priorities* DER Stakeholder Workshops Standing up MISO DER Steering Committee Standing up DER CORE Team Relationship with FERC Challenges & Opportunities Challenges: FERC or No FERC action Coordination with Stakeholders T/D Interface Opportunities: FERC order potentially offers definite timeline Continue Education, Technical Preparation with MISO Stakeholders * https://www.misostates.org/images/PositionStatements/DER_Priorities_Document.pdf