IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - March/April 2022 - 14

the Country
Unwiring
By Khashayar Mahani and Farnaz Farzan
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NONWIRES ALTERNATIVES (NWAs) AND DISTRIBUTED
energy resources (DERs) are the main elements of a shift in
transmission and distribution planning toward a more multistakeholder-engaged
paradigm. The concepts
around NWA planning, evaluation,
and implementation are fast evolving in
the United States. Different states, stakeholders,
and utilities are experimenting
with implementation variations in search
of improved outcomes. Goals include
reducing utility capitalized rate bases or
at least cutting the growth rate of capital,
incentivizing additional renewable penetration,
and seeking overall lower costs
and better energy supply performance.
They can be achieved with planning procedures
that holistically incorporate grid
enhancements and DERs. State initiatives
vary in two significant ways. One is
the different attributes of DERs that can
be brought to bear on NWA options and
how cost-benefit analyses are performed.
The second involves the roles and responsibilities
of utilities, regulators, thirdparty
entities engaged in evaluating utility
plans and NWA proposals, and DER
developers and stakeholders.
The first part of this article provides a
summary of NWA activities and appro -
aches in certain states. Several states
are also compared and contrasted concerning
roles and responsibilities they
assume for different parties in NWA
implementation. The second part focuses
on a few aspects of NWA integrat ion
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into distribution utility planning and operations. In particular,
the role of third-party independent entities is discussed
in more detail, as NWAs have opened discussions

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