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USNAP, EPRI work to combine smart-tech specs

The USNAP (for “Utility Smart Network Access Port”) Alliance and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are working together to jointly develop a single modular interface specification that combines each organisation’s existing individual specifications.

The new specification would bring together elements of the EPRI Demand Response Socket Interface Specification and the USNAP Alliance 2.0 specification.

This effort was prompted by a request from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Home-to-Grid Domain Expert Working Group (H2G DEWG) to harmonise the two bodies of work in preparation for delivery to a standards development organisation.

Research indicates that it is in the public’s best interest to have a standard physical interface that allows smart appliances, energy management consoles, and other consumer products to support a variety of user-installable communication modules. Such an interface could provide consumers and manufacturers with reduced risk of end device obsolescence due to evolving communication technologies. It would also provide flexibility for utilities, allowing the communication systems used for load management to be selected and evolved based on individual needs and circumstances.

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Dan Ilett

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