The dynamics of today’s electric grid do not ensure that energy is efficiently distributed or that capital is efficiently allocated. Increasingly, portfolios of distributed energy resources (DERs) — also known as non-wires solutions (NWS) — can address these current inefficiencies by solving grid needs more cost-effectively than business-as-usual approaches to traditional infrastructure investment.

RMI created this Non-Wires Solutions Implementation Playbook to delineate innovative approaches to spur non-wires solution adoption and recommend planning and operational strategies to improve non-wires solution processes.