may/june 2016 ieee power & energy magazine 49 Minnesota Value of Service (VOS) Tariff Net Metering and Net Generation: * All Energy Purchased at the Retail Rate * VOS Rate Accounts for Solar PV's Benefits to Stakeholders Net Its Costs figure 3. A map of the ongoing efforts of DSOs. Hawaii PUC * Utility Rate and Pricing Structures to Respond to Customer Technology * Current Rate Structured Does Not Provide Market Signals Considering: * Unbundled Rate Structures * Capacity (Fixed Cost), Time of Use and Dynamic Pricing and Incentives to Reduce Curtailment of Renewable Resources * Supplemental Power Service Tariff The PUC 2014 Proceedings IOUs were directed to produce a plan that include the handling of DERs. California CAISO/DRAM DSO Demonstration Project by the CA Energy Commission: * Focused on the Development, Demonstration, and Evaluation of a New Energy Market * DSOs Connected to Bulk Power * Motivation to Lower the Barriers for Support of DG and Storage DRAM (Demand Response Auction Mechanism) * DER Asset Aggregation * Direct Access to Wholesale Markets New York REV Program Utility Function * DSPP's Market Function * Developing Rate Making Incentives * Limited Storage and Generation Ownership by Utilities * Sponsorship and Management of Energy Efficiency Programs CASE 14-M-0101-Utility ownership of DERs will not be permitted unless markets have had an opportunity and have failed to provide cost-effective service. Massachusetts Mass CEC DER Growth Has Outstripped Utilities Ability to Process Interconnection Request * State Emergency, Climate, and Adaptation Planning to Coordinate with MG Policy * Distribution System Planning Executed with MGs * MG Challenge Pilot Program to Evaluate and Identify Policy to Accelerate Development * Development of a Study and a Legal Framework for Energy Reliability Districts, Eligibility for Pace Financing