A20 - OpenADR - Enabling Scalable Distributed Solar/Storage Integration in Utility DR and DER Programs

The importance of this topic:
Current trends toward greater utility integration with distributed clean energy resources are driving developers and utilities to find better ways to scale that integration, in particular through standardization of key interfaces.
• The informative and relevant nature of your topic:
To explain the key role of the OpenADR protocols for scalable integration by highlighting its current use for a variety of solar and storage resources, including case studies from Swell Energy and Sunpower in conjunction with utilities from Hawaii to New England.
• Clear and immediate application to the learner’s work
To describe the technical architecture as well as the process for certifying components, and point to the more than 150 companies that have built and deployed OpenADR-compliant systems.
• Who will benefit from this education (target audience)
The target audience is demand response or distributed energy resource program designers and participants who have both design and operational responsibilities.