The GridWise Alliance, in collaboration with Clean Edge, Inc., has released its fourth Grid Modernization Index. The Index assesses and ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based upon the degree to which they are moving toward a modernized electric grid.
For the second consecutive edition of the Grid Modernization Index, California ranks highest in the nation overall with a score of 82, and also has the top score in each of the three Grid Modernization Index categories; Customer Engagement, State Support, and Grid Operations. California has over an eight-point lead over second-place Illinois, while Texas ranks third. Maryland, Oregon, Arizona, the District of Columbia, New York, Nevada, and Delaware rounding out the top 10, in that order.
The report benchmarks states on a wide range of grid modernization policies, investments, and activities, and provides insights into some of the relationships and connections between state policies and regulations, customer engagement, and utility investments in modernizing the grid.
