Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers Spell Out Principles for Smart Grid

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) this week submitted to NIST a collection of recommendations for Smart Grid standards. The principles were developed by AHAM’s Smart Grid Task Force and describe how appliances fit into home area network connected to the Smart Grid.  Among the principles enunciated are statements that the standards should be open; that initially some appliance systems and standards may support one-way communication, but that next generation appliances should support two-way communication; that the smart appliance will maintain control of how it responds, but the consumer should always be able to override a power-reduction command.

   Quick Take:  The standards effort is moving along, but until the dust settle there will be a lot of confusion as different companies vie to promote the standards that will most benefit them. Smart Grid Central has a special channel for monitoring these issues; check out the link below.

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