Utilities are leveraging DERMS to monitor, coordinate, and optimize a growing mix of distributed energy resources—improving grid flexibility, reliability, and customer participation.

As distributed energy resources (DERs) proliferate across the grid, utilities need advanced tools to manage their growing complexity. Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) give utilities the visibility, control, and intelligence needed to integrate and optimize DERs across both transmission and distribution systems. This topic explores how DERMS supports real-time grid operations, enhances forecasting and load flexibility, and enables grid services from customer and community energy assets. Sessions will highlight DERMS architectures, utility implementation strategies, case studies and technical analysis. 

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Beyond Technology: Aligning People, Processes, and Plans for Successful DERMS Implementation, with AEP, ComEd, National Grid and PG&E

February 03, 2026

Whether you’re in early DERMS planning or deep into deployment, this session offers utility-tested insights for building a DER-ready organization that can scale with the future grid.

What it Takes for Behind the Meter Control: A Joint Effort Between ADMS, DERMS, and Next Gen AMI

February 03, 2026

This presentation will share SMUD's experience, give some insight into their future roadmap, and feature a discussion about an ongoing 2030.5 integration with a community of BTM Energy Storage.

Beyond Technology: Aligning People, Processes, and Plans for Successful DERMS Implementation, with AEP, ComEd, National Grid and PG&E

February 03, 2026

Whether you’re in early DERMS planning or deep into deployment, this session offers utility-tested insights for building a DER-ready organization that can scale with the future grid.

DERMS educational opportunities

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11:00 AM
  1. 28AB
    50 mins
    ComEd’s Voltage Management Demonstration (VMD) project is a targeted initiative focused on enhancing grid performance under contingency conditions in areas with high DER penetration. It leverages the …
1:00 PM
  1. 6E
    50 mins
    SMUD is deploying Next Gen AMI and integrating Distributed Intelligence capabilities with their ADMS/DERMS system to bring grid edge level monitoring and controls into real-time operations. The new fu …
9:00 AM
  1. 31AB
    50 mins
    As utility microgrids integrate more renewable energy generation, it is important to assess how inverter-based resources (IBRs) contribute to microgrid stability and resilience. Microgrids with high l …
  2. 28CD
    50 mins
    As utilities accelerate grid modernization to meet evolving reliability, efficiency, and decarbonization goals, Volt-VAR Optimization (VVO) has emerged as a cornerstone technology. This presentation e …
10:00 AM
  1. 28CD
    50 mins
    Distributed energy resources (DERs) have been empowering customers to achieve independence and sustainability while reducing their costs of energy. However, the large integration of DERs has been a ma …
11:00 AM
  1. 6E
    50 mins
    As we step into the era of electrification, utilities are facing the exciting challenge of exponential load growth over the next decade. Maximizing the utilization of existing grid infrastructure is a …
3:00 PM
  1. 31AB
    50 mins
    DER data is not new to Con Edison—it has been a persistent and complex challenge since the team first embarked on centralizing DER information three years ago through an MVP. Now, equipped with years …
1:00 PM
  1. 26AB
    50 mins
    In response to the substantial increase in electricity demand driven by EV adoption, vehicle and home electrification, and the continued growth of distributed solar and behind-the-meter systems, PG&E …
2:00 PM
  1. 29AB
    50 mins
    BC Hydro was evaluating a large set of investments in Operating Technology to support the distribution side of their business. They realized that this was going to involve more than the control room. …