Quantify DER Impacts and Accounting for Equity

(Continued from NESP News, November 2024)

The DEA guide’s primary purpose is to provide a framework that can be used to analyze equity impacts of DER investments to complement BCA results. How do BCA and DEA differ? The table below provides a comparison of the purpose of each analysis and example impacts/metrics.

A DEA can help decision-makers understand whether and to what extent DERs might deliver equitable net benefits for priority populations.

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