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DER Interconnection – Performance Incentive Mechanisms

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08/2025

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Relf, Grace

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Grace Relf, Berkeley Lab, presented on performance-incentive mechanisms (PIMs) for DER interconnection for a District of Columbia Public Service Commission Interconnection Technical Conference on August 7, 2025. Topics included best practices and considerations for PIM design and state examples of using PIMs to reduce interconnection timelines.

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2025

DER Interconnection – Performance Incentive Mechanisms

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