Combinations of coordination reforms and spillover effects for scalable DER integration

Determine which combinations of coordination reforms that specify inter-institutional information flows across the resource adequacy compliance pathway, establish graded compliance options linking verification precision to capacity accreditation, and implement adaptive accreditation updates create the most favorable conditions for scalable integration of distributed energy resources into resource adequacy frameworks; and ascertain whether and how early-mover jurisdictions generate spillover effects that accelerate adoption of similar reforms elsewhere.

Background

The paper proposes a four-gate compliance pathway for integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) into resource adequacy (RA) and identifies three structural coupling mechanisms that hinder scalable participation. It then derives three coordination principles: specifying inter-institutional information flows, establishing graded compliance options, and implementing adaptive accreditation updates.

Despite diagnosing structural impediments and proposing design principles, the authors explicitly acknowledge that it remains unresolved which combinations of these reforms most effectively enable scalable DER participation and how early adopters might catalyze broader reform diffusion.