Official Text and Analysis.

Establishes a legislative finding that distributed energy resources (DER) planning processes will vary from one utility to another based on the unique circumstances of each system. Adds control upgrades to the type of equipment and infrastructure upgrades that an electric utility should propose under a DER planning process. Specifies that the type of major investments for which an analysis of nonwires alternatives should be provided are major transmission and distribution investments. Specifies that an electric utility should be financially indifferent to the technology that is used to meet a particular resource need. Removes competitive procurement of DER needs from the list of objectives that should be accomplished by a DER planning process, and adds separate voluntary goal stating that a utility should procure the DER needs identified in any DER plan through a process that is price-based and technology neutral.