Electric power / smart grid

News and Updates

NIST, SEPA Develop Interoperability Profile for Integrating Electric Vehicle Charging with Grid

July 1, 2022

SEPA's Interoperability Profiles Task Force, led by NIST’s Cuong Nguyen, published its Interoperability Profile for Electric Vehicle Fleet Managed Charging

NIST Leader, Researcher Explain Benefits of Smart Grid Interoperability and How to Achieve It

July 1, 2022

NIST's Smart Grid Group leader, Avi Gopstein, was featured on Smart Grid Today's podcast, released May 12, 2022. Ideally, said Gopstein, the smart grid's many

NIST Develops Interoperability Profile for Distributed Energy Resources and Grid Integration

July 1, 2022

With the increasing use of distributed energy resources (DER) – solar, wind, and more – to generate power, organizations have developed standards for their

Projects and Programs

Combined Grid Communication Testbed Implementation for Real-time Measurement, Calibration, and Communication

Ongoing

The main objective in this project is to implement a flexible and programmable research testbed that can support deployment of a wide ranging sensory device

Smart Grid Wireless Network Security

Completed

To enhance network protection against attack, a periodic key refreshment and distribution strategy for better network security has been investigated. While the

State Estimation for Uncertain Power Systems

Ongoing

The expected penetration of a large number of renewable distributed energy resources (DERs) is driving next generation power systems toward uncertainties that

Cyber-Physical Systems/Internet of Things Testbed

Ongoing

A key challenge to progress in cyber-physical systems (CPS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) is the lack of robust platforms for experiment and testing, which

Publications

Generator Fleet Characteristics Model

February 6, 2023

Author(s)

Cheyney O'Fallon, Avi Gopstein

This manuscript presents the Generator Fleet Characteristics Model (GFCM), a general purpose tool for the analysis of power system operations, economics, and

Benefits of Smart Grid Interoperability

December 8, 2022

Author(s)

Avi Gopstein, Cuong Nguyen, Cameron Brooks, Michael Hughes, Marguerite Behringer, Wendy Klarman, Chris Villarreal, Danielle Sass Byrnett

The electricity grid is changing. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has indicated that operating a modern grid will involve a diverse

Reducing barriers to entry and hedging against obsolescence with smart grid interoperability

November 17, 2022

Author(s)

Cheyney O'Fallon, Avi Gopstein

Interoperability is the last significant barrier to the full participation of distributed energy resources in electricity markets and operations. The

Comparison of Two Approaches for Managing Building Flexibility Using Energy Market Prices

October 19, 2022

Author(s)

David Holmberg, Farhad Omar, Thomas Roth

Transactive energy promises to support customer distributed energy resources (DER) integration into the electric grid, better accessing DER flexibility to

Tools and Instruments

Apparatus for the Measurement of High Temperature Thermoelectric Transport Properties

Description The Seebeck coefficient is a widely measured transport property that provides fundamental information on charge carrier transport and the electronic