Amendment ID: S2829-29

Amendment 29

Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Mr. Crighton moves that the proposed new draft be amended by adding the following section:-

"SECTION XX. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of public utilities shall, in consultation with the distribution companies, conduct a process to investigate establishing and refining standards that expand the use of distributed grid edge software on advanced meter infrastructure meters already approved by the department, which supports efficiency, load flexibility, and distribution system intelligence to improve system utilization, reduce costs, and/or improve reliability to customers. Standards shall include, but not be limited to, methods for increasing capacity for managing loads and resources in the grid by electric utilities and third parties. The utilities shall design at least one metric for improved monitoring and controlling the grid using high-resolution data in utility meters that will allow them to earn an incentive for positive performance."