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Maryland Energy Administration urges fast customer data sharing and DER demonstrations to unlock VPP value
Summary
MEA told the commission Maryland risks falling behind on DER integration and urged immediate customer data sharing (Green Button Connect), quick demonstration use of BGE's DERMS and a 3–4 month work group to develop data-sharing requirements by 2026.
Haley Kotzker, energy policy manager at the Maryland Energy Administration, told the Public Service Commission that Maryland is "behind the ball" in establishing support mechanisms for DER pilots and implementation of FERC Order 2222.
Kotzker urged the commission to move quickly on customer information sharing and recommended adopting Green Button Connect as the foundational data-sharing platform. She asked the commission to convene a customer information sharing work group that would meet over three to four months and produce recommendations by 2026.
MEA recommended that utilities use demonstrations this year — Kotzker specifically urged BGE to use its DERMS to integrate and dispatch third‑party DERs and encouraged PHI to leverage its ADMS for similar demonstrations. She cited ComEd’s work in Illinois as a model, saying ComEd has scaled to demonstrations covering hundreds of megawatts and that Maryland should use those lessons rather than 'reinvent the wheel.'
Commissioners followed with questions about whether ComEd’s experience has been replicated elsewhere and the costs and timing for Green Button Connect. Kotzker said MEA believes implementing Green Button Connect now will save money over time and suggested an implementation timeline of about four months. Soumya Krishnamoorthy of BGE later clarified that BGE’s rough order of magnitude for a DERMS implementation is about $9.5 million with a margin of error of roughly ±50%, and said the company will refine costs after an RFP and vendor evaluations.
Kotzker said MEA is ready to work with utilities and stakeholders to accelerate data sharing and DER demonstrations to meet near‑term state goals.
