EnerNex Corporation has played a critical role in several industry efforts in helping to design, architect or otherwise facilitate a smart grid. EnerNex was part of the original team that developed the EPRI IntelliGrid Architecture. This team gathered information from several hundred industry stakeholders to develop dozens of use case scenarios for how the power system of today operates and how it should work in the future.
CapabilitiesEnerNex is helping deploy the EPRI IntelliGrid Architecture in the utility industry. Key components of this deployment include:
- Field demonstrations ranging from narrowly-scoped automation projects to enterprise-wide integration
- Training workshops for utility partners and others
- Establishing and maintaining working liaisons with key industry standards organizations and consortia
- Encouraging standards harmonization and cross-pollination of technology between industry groups
- Miscellaneous technology transfer and industry outreach support
- Smart Grid roadmaps
- Advise on business case development
- Advise on enterprise architecture development and guide enterprise vendors
- Develop technology and vendor evaluation methodology, write/review RFP's and responses
Our staff is at the top of the industry. We have employees involved with a number of key industry initiatives. In addition to the IntelliGrid Architecture, EnerNex is involved in other key smart grid initiatives.
- EPRI IntelliGrid team
- DOE GridWise Architecture Council
- Galvin Electricity Initiative
- DOE Modern Grid Initiative Development of a reference design for demand responsive infrastructure for the California Energy Commission
- Coordinator/facilitator of the UtilityAMI organization
- Facilitation for the formation of OpenAMI
- Member of the UCA International Users Group, where company co-founder and principal consultant, Erich Gunther sits on the board of directors.
- Consultant to CEC PIER Smart Grid Program
