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For immediate release EPRI and E2I Invite Teams to Host DER Laboratory
Testing Sites Palo Alto, Calif. - October 20, 2004 - The Electricity Innovation Institute, an affiliate of the Electric Power Research Institute, is seeking laboratory teams to voluntarily host the testing of draft object models or information templates for two types of distributed energy resources (DER) - - diesel generators and fuel cells. The templates will then be updated based on the test results and made available to one of several International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) working groups developing international standards for DER object models. The open, consensus-based standards are supported by E2I's Consortium for an Electric Infrastructure to Support a Digital Society (CEIDS). "Distributed energy is rapidly coming of age. Connecting a distributed power system to the complex electricity grid has potential impacts on the safety and reliability of the grid," E2I President and CEO T.J. Glauthier said. "These lab tests are key to establishing open information model standards that are complete, correct, and compatible with the larger body of IEC open communication architecture standards for the whole power system." E2I, a non-profit scientific institute, requests technical proposals by November 17, 2004 from individual, or teams of, organizations, businesses and universities volunteering their capabilities to (1) work with DER vendors and provide DER test units, (2) implement the draft object models in software for these DER units, and (3) provide laboratory facilities and support services to host the object model testing. The CEIDS team will stage the developmental testing of the DER object models for diesel engines and fuel cells, use the information to refine the draft models, and report on the results. Teams can propose either indoor or outdoor laboratory environments as host facilities for the testing that the CEIDS team will perform. A Notice of Opportunity and test plan document containing more information (including the split of responsibility between the CEIDS test team and the proposer's host team) are available at www.e2i.org. After the laboratory testing, E2I may also conduct some object model testing in actual utility systems. The details and timing of field tests will be determined in part by the outcome of the laboratory testing. This total effort lays the groundwork for interoperability of a variety of DER equipment types in the electric distribution system of the future. It is anticipated that proposers who respond to the Notice of Opportunity are entities who wish to make a contribution to the development of this body of international standards. The Electricity Innovation Institute's mission is to stimulate innovation in strategic electricity technologies through public/private partnerships. The non-profit public benefit organization is an EPRI affiliate based in Palo Alto, Calif. E2I's focus is to develop strategic technology innovations with the potential to transform the value of electricity to customers and society and provide great public benefits. Visit E2I at www.e2i.org. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), headquartered
in Palo Alto, Calif., was established in 1973 as a non-profit center
for public interest energy and environmental research. EPRI's collaborative
science and technology development program now spans nearly every
area of power generation, delivery and use. More than 1,000 energy
organizations and public institutions in 40 countries draw on EPRI's
global network of technical and business expertise. Visit EPRI at
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