Industry Organizations Working on the Smart Grid
Smart Grid Promises and Challenges” width=”124″ height=”81″ />Several U.S. industry organizations are working on the smart grid with focuses on research and development, energy efficiency and reliability. The following are just a few of them. Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions
The Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) was formed in 1999 to research, develop, and disseminate new methods, tools, and technologies to protect and enhance the reliability of the U.S. electric power system and efficiency of competitive electricity markets.
DRBizNet
The California Demand Response Business Network (DRBizNet) Project, managed by the California Institute for Energy & Environment (CIEE) on behalf of the California Energy Commission (CEC), is an R&D project with the aim of enabling and facilitating business transactions among demand response (DR) participants in California.
Dynamic Energy Management Initiative
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) recently announced the successful launch of a major energy-efficiency collaborative that will contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and increase the value of electricity for consumers.
Galvin Electricity Initiative
The Galvin Electricity Initiative is a non-profit, public interest organization working to develop and demonstrate a 21st century U.S. electricity system that will always meet every consumer’s expectations for service, convenience, and choice.
GridApp Consortium
GridAppTM(Advanced Grid Applications Consortium) is a partnership of electrical utilities and the United States Department of Energy (DOE), convened and coordinated by Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC). It was launched by CTC in December 2004.
GridWise
GridWise Alliance is a consortium of public and private stakeholders who are aligned around the shared vision of an electric system that integrates the infrastructure, processes, devices, information, and market structure so that energy can be generated, distributed, and consumed more efficiently and cost effectively, thereby resulting in a more resilient, secure, and reliable energy system.
Intelligent Utility Network Coalition
An Intelligent Utility Network, or IUN, is an information architecture and infrastructure that enables continuous automated monitoring of a utility’s assets and operations as well as customer electricity usage, and uses this on-demand information to improve service, reliability, and efficiency.
IntelliGrid
IntelliGrid Architecture is a worldwide and industry-wide project to develop infrastructures to support the next generation of energy conversion, delivery, and end-use systems.
Modern Grid Initiative
The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL), Modern Grid Initiative (MGI) seeks to accelerate the modernization of the U.S.’ electricity grid.
OpenAMI
OpenAMI is a User Community affiliated with the UCA International Users Group, a non-profit organization whose members are utilities, vendors, and users of communications for utility automation.
Smart Energy Alliance
The Smart Energy AllianceTM (SEA) helps utility customers achieve and maintain a competitive advantage in their distribution operations.
UtilityAMI
UtilityAMI is a forum for defining serviceability, security and interoperability guidelines for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and demand responsive infrastructure (DRI) from the utility/energy service provider perspective.
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