EPRI smart grid demonstration initiative - integrating DER with T&D operations

• Maximize the benefits of existing and planned investments - Communications and advanced metering infrastructures - Identify and further the foundation for demand side resource integration. • Integration of distributed resources with utility system operations and planning • Integration of distributed power generation, storage, demand response technology, and renewables into a demand-side virtual power plant. • Demonstrations should further the industry in regards to integration and interoperability of distributed resources