Taking a Proactive Approach to Distributed Energy Resource Management

摘要

The electric distribution grid is changing rapidly, with a pronounced shift favoring the decentralization of electricity generation. Residential and business customers are taking advantage of decreasing technology costs and favorable government policy to adopt distributed energy resources (DER), including solar photovoltaic (rooftop solar), wind turbines, diesel generators, energy management systems, electric vehicles and energy storage. These rapidly proliferating resources have the ability to affect grid reliability and performance, pointing toward growing risk for utilities oriented only toward traditional, centralized distribution.