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PSE&G Calls Utilities "Natural Aggregators" Of VPPs, Asks BPU To Allow EDCs To Serve As VPP Aggregators
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In comments in a New Jersey BPU proceeding concerning virtual power plants, PSE&G asked that the BPU enable EDCs to participate as VPP aggregators
"The EDCs are the natural aggregators
for a wide array of technologies to operate, leveraging aggregators that may be customer,
technology or product specific, as well as directly interfacing with customers where
appropriate," PSE&G said
PSE&G also said that the BPU should encourage EDCs own and operate energy storage, "to provide large scale reductions in peak
load and added benefits to the distribution system."
In separately filed comments, the Retail Energy Supply Association stressed the need for retail suppliers and VPP aggregators to have granular AMI data, citing a BPU AMI data access proceeding which RESA said, "has languished for over 6 years" at the BPU
RESA said, "Since 2020, RESA has repeatedly urged the Board to finalize the AMI Data Access rules
so that TPSs [third party suppliers] can have access to customers’ AMI data. The BPU’s unacceptably long delay in
finalizing the AMI data access rules has deprived TPS customers of the benefits of virtual power
plants, demand response, TOU rates, energy usage alerts, and other innovative programs that
require TPSs to have access to customers’ real time interval usage data from AMI meters."
RESA further cited prior reports from PSE&G and JCP&L in which, according to RESA, PSE&G and JCP&L informed the Board that their installed
AMI meters are not capable of providing 15-minute interval data for residential customers, with RESA adding, "let
alone the 5-minute interval data required for DER aggregation and VPPs." RESA said that the EDCs have stated that new AMI meters
would need to be installed in order to provide such level of usage data granularity.
RESA said, "These important issues regarding the capability of installed AMI meters to provide 5-
minute interval usage data could have been addressed by the Board a year and a half ago. Without
such data, it is not possible for the EDCs and TPSs to administer VPP programs per Governor
Sherrill’s directives. In addition, more granular usage data spurs innovation and customized
energy solutions that enable customers to take control over both their energy usage and their energy
budgets through products and services designed to help them shift their usage based on their
individual needs."
In separately filed comments, JCP&L cautioned the BPU against ordering AMI changes or other utility functionality changes that are driven by wholesale market considerations, rather than the needs of the EDCs' distribution grids
JCP&L said, "state programs should avoid transferring responsibilities that appropriately rest with
DER aggregators ('DERA,' collectively, 'DERAs') to utilities and ratepayers. Obligations
related to DER registration, aggregation thresholds, wholesale metering, telemetry, and data
provision necessary for participation in PJM markets are appropriately addressed within RTO
frameworks. Requiring utilities to modify AMI infrastructure, data systems, or operational
processes to support wholesale market compliance by third-party aggregators would impose costs
on customers without corresponding utility planning benefits."
Dockets QO26030099, QO26040116, QO24020116, QO26030059,
QO24030199
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JCP&L Says AMI Granularity Changes Driven By Wholesale Market Requirements Should Be Paid By VPP Aggregators, Not Ratepayers
May 26, 2026
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