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1 Quick Take: The home energy management market is a troubled one, for many reasons. Lack of physical connections is just one issue... but at least this one is seeing some progress. As you'll read, EPRI and the USNAP Alliance are going to converge their separate standards and then propose the joint solution to NIST. If only it were that easy to figure out the many other issues holding this market back. – Jesse Berst
"The two specifications are similar in technical approach and are nearly identical in their basic purpose. Each has broad industry support and provides the range of benefits associated with communications modularity," said EPRI senior project manager Brian Seal. "We are making great progress in merging the specifications, retaining the best attributes from each and coordinating with related standards organizations."
The standard interface would provide benefits for both energy-conscious consumers and utilities: reduced risk to consumers of device obsolescence from evolving communications technologies and for utilities, the flexibility to allow communications systems used for load management to be selected and developed for individual needs and circumstances.
"Consumers are already purchasing USNAP enabled products through national retailers to help them manage their energy consumption. This collaboration project unifies efforts in this area and simply gives manufacturers, utilities, service providers and consumers access to a larger number of consumer products that can react to energy related information from utilities and ISOs," said Jon Rappaport, USNAP Alliance chairman.
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