GMLC Survey of Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection and Interoperability Standards
This document reports on the Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium effort to identify gaps in standards for the interconnection and interoperability of distributed energy resources (DERs). The project extended a 3-year period from 2017 to 2019. Under the work plan, the team identified standards and test procedures related to interconnection and interoperability, grouped under the broad headings of their primary applicable technology domain: automotive, responsive loads, photovoltaic inverters, inverter-based energy storage, machine-based DERs, and microgrids. The team then conducted a gap analysis by comparing the current standards to the expected future requirements needed for specific grid services. Overall, gaps could be any activity needed to harmonize requirements among standards development organizations, minimize conflicting requirements among technology domains, or streamline conformance test procedures.
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AB - This document reports on the Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium effort to identify gaps in standards for the interconnection and interoperability of distributed energy resources (DERs). The project extended a 3-year period from 2017 to 2019. Under the work plan, the team identified standards and test procedures related to interconnection and interoperability, grouped under the broad headings of their primary applicable technology domain: automotive, responsive loads, photovoltaic inverters, inverter-based energy storage, machine-based DERs, and microgrids. The team then conducted a gap analysis by comparing the current standards to the expected future requirements needed for specific grid services. Overall, gaps could be any activity needed to harmonize requirements among standards development organizations, minimize conflicting requirements among technology domains, or streamline conformance test procedures.
AU - Narang, David
A2 - Schwartz, Peter
A3 - Widergren, Steve
A4 - Gonzalez, Sigifredo
A5 - Alam, S.M.S
A6 - Bohn, Theodore
A7 - Xue, Yaosuo
A8 - Brown, Rich
A9 - Page, Janie
A10 - Piette, Mary Ann
A11 - Murthy, Samanvitha
A12 - Mohanpurkar, Manish
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO - 10.2172/1823018
KW - Battery energy storage
KW - Power electronics and inverters
KW - Power electronics
KW - Inverters
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Diesel generators
KW - Other liquid-fuel generators
KW - Cybersecurity
KW - Standards
KW - Interconnection
KW - Protection
KW - Utility integration
KW - Bulk-system Integration
LA - English
DA - 2021/03/01
PY - 2021
PB - NLR
T1 - GMLC Survey of Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection and Interoperability Standards
UR - https://doi.org/10.2172/1823018
ER -
Narang, David, et al. GMLC Survey of Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection and Interoperability Standards. NLR, 1 March, 2021, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://doi.org/10.2172/1823018.
Narang, D., Schwartz, P., Widergren, S., Gonzalez, S., Alam, S., Bohn, T., Xue, Y., Brown, R., Page, J., Piette, M., Murthy, S., & Mohanpurkar, M. (2021). GMLC Survey of Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection and Interoperability Standards. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. NLR. https://doi.org/10.2172/1823018
Narang, David, Peter Schwartz, Steve Widergren, Sigifredo Gonzalez, S.M.S Alam, Theodore Bohn, Yaosuo Xue, Rich Brown, Janie Page, Mary Ann Piette, Samanvitha Murthy, and Manish Mohanpurkar. GMLC Survey of Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection and Interoperability Standards. NLR, March, 1, 2021. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://doi.org/10.2172/1823018
@misc{CMIX_Dataset_310,
title = {GMLC Survey of Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection and Interoperability Standards},
author = {Narang, David and Schwartz, Peter and Widergren, Steve and Gonzalez, Sigifredo and Alam, S.M.S and Bohn, Theodore and Xue, Yaosuo and Brown, Rich and Page, Janie and Piette, Mary Ann and Murthy, Samanvitha and Mohanpurkar, Manish},
abstractNote = {This document reports on the Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium effort to identify gaps in standards for the interconnection and interoperability of distributed energy resources (DERs). The project extended a 3-year period from 2017 to 2019. Under the work plan, the team identified standards and test procedures related to interconnection and interoperability, grouped under the broad headings of their primary applicable technology domain: automotive, responsive loads, photovoltaic inverters, inverter-based energy storage, machine-based DERs, and microgrids. The team then conducted a gap analysis by comparing the current standards to the expected future requirements needed for specific grid services. Overall, gaps could be any activity needed to harmonize requirements among standards development organizations, minimize conflicting requirements among technology domains, or streamline conformance test procedures.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/310},
year = {2021},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, NLR, https://doi.org/10.2172/1823018},
note = {Accessed: 2026-08-06},
doi = {10.2172/1823018}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1823018
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Data from Mar 1, 2021
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
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NLR
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David Narang
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