distributed energy resource management News

Oracle Announces New Distributed Energy Resource Management (DERM) Module

Energy distribution is no longer a linear equation. As new energy and data sources continue to grow, utilities must take a more holistic approach to better understand and manage resources and engage increasingly active customers at the edge of the grid. The expanded Oracle Utilities Network Management System (NMS) addresses this market need with a new Distributed Energy Resource Management (DERM) ...

Feb. 6, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer
MCE Selects AutoGrid Flex for Demand Response and Distributed Energy Resource Management

AutoGrid Systems recently announced that MCE, a community choice electricity provider servicing about 250,000 customers throughout the Bay Area, has selected the AutoGrid Flex flexibility management software application suite for its pilot demand response (DR) program. Launched on May 31, 2016, MCE's My Energy Insight, a direct load control DR program, uses the suite's AutoGrid Demand Response ...

Oct. 7, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer
Itron Receives OpenADR Certification for its Distributed Energy Resource Management System

Itron, Inc. recently announced that its IntelliSOURCE-DERMS solution has received OpenADR certification from the OpenADR Alliance, which fosters the development, adoption and compliance of the OpenADR Smart Grid standard. By integrating open standards into Itron’s IntelliSOURCE-DERMS solution, Itron is helping utilities and cities to leverage more types of distributed energy resources (DER) ...

May 14, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer
SMUD Selects OSI Technology for a New Advanced Distribution Management System

Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been selected by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to supply a new Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) based on OSI's monarch operations technology (OT) platform. This state-of-the-art solution will interface with SMUD's existing Energy Management System and Outage Management System, enabling improved distribution operations ...

May 10, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer
ABB and Enbala Power Networks To Co-Develop Grid Software

ABB announced it has invested in Enbala Power Networks, a leading developer of software for managing power distribution networks. The investment was made through ABB's venture capital unit, ABB Technology Ventures. Today's grid operators require digital solutions to deal with challenges posed by the increasing amount of intermittent renewable and distributed energy sources being integrated into ...

Feb. 24, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer
Horizon Power and PXiSE Energy Solutions Successfully Operate World's First 100% Solar-Plus-Storage-Only Community Grid

Horizon Power, Western Australia's regional and remote energy utility, and PXiSE Energy Solutions, developer of next-generation grid control technology, have collaborated on a first-of-its-kind hydrocarbon-free power grid that enabled a town to power itself entirely with fossil-free distributed energy resources.In the world's first known instance of solar-plus-batteries supplying 100% of a ...

Jun. 21, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
Itron Selected to be a Leading Technology Provider in California Distributed Energy Management Project

Itron has announced that the company will collaborate with Alternative Energy Systems Consulting (AESC) and other companies in a project funded by California Energy Commission. Itron will be a leading technology provider in a project to manage load for customers as part of the Smart Home Study. The project will improve the load shape and minimize customer utility costs for 100 homeowners in ...

Nov. 14, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer
EnergyHub and Bidgely Partner to Bring Unique Integrated Demand-Side Management Solution to Utilities

EnergyHub and Bidgely have partnered to deliver an integrated solution that combines EnergyHub’s Mercury distributed energy resource management system (DERMS), connected device ecosystem, and customer lifecycle tools with Bidgely’s artificial intelligence home energy management (HEM) platform and Insights Engine. The linked platforms are designed to bring utilities the best customer engagement, ...

Jan. 30, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer
Greensmith Energy Software Selected by Oncor to Enhance Existing Microgrid

Greensmith Energy recently announced that Oncor Electric Delivery has selected Greensmith as the software provider for its microgrid facility in Dallas, Texas. Oncor's advanced microgrid consists of: a carport PV array, ground mount PV array, microturbine, diesel generators, gas reciprocating generator and battery storage unit. The software upgrade and installation is considered a milestone for ...

Feb. 8, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer
Plug-In Electric Vehicles Are Emerging as a Viable Enabling Technology for Microgrids and Virtual Power Plants within the Next Five Years

A new report from Navigant Research discusses how to develop a strategy to best extract grid services embedded in plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) batteries, charging loads, and charging infrastructure to help support microgrid and virtual power plant (VPP) deployments.The projected growth in PEVs offers both challenges and opportunities to distribution utilities. If not managed in an intelligent ...

Apr. 25, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer
mPrest and Vector Enter Australian Market to Enhance Intelligent Grid Migration

mPrest, a mission-critical monitoring, control and big data analytics software leader for the industrial IoT market, today announced the launch of its entrance into the Australian market together with Vector, New Zealand’s largest power distributer. The joint team will support the local Australian utility market in migrating towards a more intelligent grid.mPrest’s smart utility applications are ...

Jun. 6, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer
Hawaiian Electric and Landis+Gyr Agree on First Phase of Grid Modernization Project

Landis+Gyr and Hawaiian Electric Company are preparing for the first phase of an advanced metering project built on Wi-SUN-certified network components to support the utility's Grid Modernization Strategy, subject to approval by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission.The project will utilize Landis+Gyr's Gridstream Connect solution, providing flexible communication options at both the field area ...

Feb. 5, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer
mPrest Expands in North America to Assist Utilities in the "Internet of Energy" Transformation

Israel-based mPrest, a global provider of mission-critical monitoring, big data analytics and control software for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has significantly expanded its presence in the North American utility market, where its technology is helping electric utilities incorporate grid analytics and distributed energy resources (DERs) into their grid and business models. mPrest ...

Oct. 24, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer
SGS and SSE's Distributed Energy Arm Enter Partnership to Support Smart Cities and Local Energy Decarbonization

Global clean energy software company, Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS), and SSE's Distributed Energy business have signed a landmark partnership to develop an innovative 'Energy as a Service' platform. The new system will bring together SGS's distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) software and SSE Enterprise's capabilities in distributed energy generation, EV infrastructure, private ...

Oct. 29, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer
VELCO and IBM Research Announce the Creation of Utopus Insights

Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) and IBM announced the creation of Utopus Insights, Inc., based in Valhalla, NY. Utopus Insights is a new company that will strive to be a leading provider of the next generation of intelligent energy solutions. VELCO, an electric transmission company owned by in-state electric distribution companies, will be an investor and strategic partner of Utopus ...

Mar. 5, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer
CleanSpark Completes Installation of Comprehensive Residential Microgrid

CleanSpark, Inc., a microgrid company that is combining a patented "stratified" downdraft gasifier along with advanced engineering, software and controls for distributed energy resource management systems, today announced it has engineered, designed and installed a fully off-grid, triple-redundant power system at a private, residential estate in Southern California. Matthew Schultz, Chief ...

May 31, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer
Aclara and Enbala Form Strategic Alliance

Aclara Technologies and Enbala Power Networks announce a new strategic alliance through which Aclara adds Enbala's Virtual Power Plant (VPP) technology to Aclara's utility solution suite. Aclara is a leading supplier of smart infrastructure solutions (SIS) to electric, gas and water utilities. Enbala is a world-leading VPP and distributed energy resource management software company. Enbala's ...

Jun. 22, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer
mPrest Collaborates with Microsoft to Empower the Digital Transformation of the Energy Industry

mPrest announced this week that it has joined forces with Microsoft to bring AI, ML and IoT transformation capabilities to the energy industry on Microsoft Azure, supporting the goal of zero emissions and sustainability. mPrest joins Microsoft's global independent software vendor partner ecosystem which includes sales and go-to-market support. The collaboration will leverage the flexibility of ...

Feb. 19, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
mPrest and Vector to Bring Internet of Energy to Over a Million New Zealand Customers

mPrest, a provider of mission-critical Internet of Energy' software, announced that its Distributed Energy Resource Management product - mDERMS, will be deployed in Vector's intelligent grid. Vector is New Zealand's leading multi-network infrastructure company, which distributes energy and communication services to over 1.2 million homes and businesses. mDERMS will enable Vector to improve ...

May 8, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer
NARUC Releases Final Distributed Energy Resources Manual

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners has released the final publication of its manual, Distributed Energy Resources Rate Design and Compensation. The manual was an undertaking of NARUC's Staff Subcommittee on Rate Design. Work on the manual began at the November 2015 NARUC Annual Meeting, with direction to the subcommittee to draft a distributed energy resources manual to ...

Nov. 11, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

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