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OpenADR 2.0b Automates DR Event Participation for Customers and Improves DR Event Reliability for Utilities and Grid Operators
MORGAN HILL, Calif., July 09 2013: The OpenADR Alliance today announced
the release of the OpenADR 2.0b Profile Specification, a full-feature
specification for complex energy management solutions supporting demand
response (DR) and distributed energy resource management for both
wholesale and retail programs. DR programs enable customers to reduce
their energy usage during times of peak demand, high wholesale market
prices or grid stress. Automating DR makes customer responses
predictable and allows businesses to preplan their response in order to
capture value while minimizing impact on operations or customer
comfort. The OpenADR standard is rapidly becoming the international
solution of choice for residential, commercial and industrial DR
programs. Several utilities and controls vendors have deployed OpenADR
1.0-based systems, both in the United States and internationally, and
many more are planning or implementing OpenADR 2.0-based DR programs.
The OpenADR 2.0b Profile Specification (2.0b) builds upon the OpenADR
2.0a Profile Specification (2.0a) released in August 2012 for simple
devices such as thermostats, and adds enhanced DR event and price
scheduling, robust reporting services, and a number of operational and
administrative updates to simplify customer participation management
and system registration. The 2.0b enhancements enable independent
system operators, utilities and aggregators to better monitor
curtailment levels among DR event participants.
“This enhanced specification comes at an ideal time, as an increasing
number of utilities worldwide are recognizing the benefits that
automated demand response programs offer them and energy customers -
better management of peak energy demands, decreased costs and
potentially lower overall energy usage,” said Rolf Bienert, technical
director, OpenADR Alliance. “In addition to deployments in the
United States, Japan and South Korea also plan to deploy the technology
as soon as possible.”
Alliance members and test tool partner QualityLogic have spent the past
10 months developing the specification and preparing it for market,
with QualityLogic releasing the test tool for the OpenADR 2.0b Profile
Specification concurrently with the release of the specification. The
OpenADR 2.0 a and b Certification Test Tool is used by the Alliance for
product certification and is also available to developers of OpenADR
2.0 compliant products for pre-certification. A number of other member
companies are now working to finalize their products for the
certification process.
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More on OpenADR
OpenADR 2.0a, released in August 2012, supports the simplest devices
installed in commercial, industrial and residential environments to
enable broad-based and completely automated participation in DR
events. OpenADR 2.0b is designed for more sophisticated devices
and will support most DR services and markets. It includes flexible
reporting capabilities for past, current and future data reports.
About the OpenADR Alliance
The OpenADR Alliance fosters the development, adoption, and compliance
of the Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) standard through
collaboration, education, training, testing, and certification. The
OpenADR Alliance is open to all interested stakeholders interested in
accelerating the adoption of the OpenADR standard for price- and
reliability-based demand response. More information can be obtained at
http://www.openadr.org/
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