Achieving smart grid interoperability through collaboration

Numerous analyses, including the “Prism” analysis at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), show that energy conservation and distributed resource integration are critical elements of an overall strategy to reduce carbon emissions. The smart grid is the enabling infrastructure that makes much higher levels of distributed resource integration possible. The value is maximized by leveraging Distributed Resources at both the local and overall system level as a “virtual power plant” to better match energy supply with demand along with related value-added benefits.