This page serves as a repository for products and deliverables created through the GMLC projects. It also contains guidance documents, as well as key accomplishments by the national laboratories toward grid modernization. lf you would like to add to this repository, please send a message to gmlc@hq.doe.gov.
For DOE grid modernization information, please visit DOE's Grid Modernization Initiative website.
| Title | Summary | Publication Date | Type | File/Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5.01 Grid Resilience and Intelligence Platform (GRIP) |
In collaboration with industry partners, this project will develop and validate a new software platform to help operators anticipate, respond to,... |
August 2018 | Fact Sheet |
 1.5.01 Grid Resilience and Intelligence Platform (GRIP) |
| Resilient Alaskan Distribution System Improvements using Automation, Network analysis, Control, and Energy storage (RADIANCE) |
The project team will put in place a system of resilient, networked microgrids in Cordova, Alaska. This project introduces the concept of... |
August 2018 | Fact Sheet |
Resilient Alaskan Distribution System Improvements using Automation, Network analysis, Control, and Energy storage (RADIANCE) |
| 1.5.03 Increasing Distribution Resiliency Using Flexible DER and Microgrid Assets Enabled by OpenFMB |
Through a collaboration of national laboratory, university, and industry partners, this project is developing and testing a flexible architecture... |
August 2018 | Fact Sheet |
Increasing Distribution Resiliency Using Flexible DER and Microgrid Assets Enabled by Open FMB |
| 1.5.04 Integration of Responsive Residential Loads |
The goal of this project is to provide electric utilities with the necessary software and hardware, all based on open standards, to leverage... |
August 2018 | Fact Sheet |
Integration of Responsive Residential Loads into Distribution Management Systems |
| 1.5.05 CleanStart Distributed Energy Resource Management System |
The CleanStart Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Management System will design, implement, and validate a novel blackstart and dynamic microgrid... |
August 2018 | Fact Sheet |
CleanStart DERMS |
| 1.5.06 Consequence-Based Approach for Considering Community Grid Resiliency Investments |
Multiple decisionmakers, such as local governments, electric utilities, and state regulators, could more confidently support grid resilience... |
August 2018 | Fact Sheet |
Consequence-Based Approach for Considering Community Grid Resiliency Investments |
| 1.5.07 Laboratory Value Analysis Team |
This project will evaluate the impacts of the six resiliency projects under GMI's Resilient Distribution Systems project portfolio. The team will... |
August 2018 | Fact Sheet |
Laboratory Value Analysis Team Fact Sheet |
| The Future of Transportation Electrification: Utility, Industry and Consumer Perspectives |
Electric vehicles (EVs) today are a small part of the U.S. transportation fleet. Technological advancements, automotive industry investments and... |
August 2018 | Report |
The Future of Transportation Electrification: Utility, Industry and Consumer Perspectives |
| Integrated Energy System Model (IESM) Presentation |
A presentation given by Annabelle Pratt, Principal Engineer, Power Systems Engineering Center on January 12, 2018. IESM simulates... |
July 2018 | Presentation |
Integrated Energy System Model Presentation |
| Grid Services and Technologies Valuation Framework: The Long-Term Vision for Development and Implementation |
The US electric grid is a vast complex of equipment, processes, and controls to deliver clean, reliable, and economical electricity to consumers.... |
June 2018 | Report |
Long Term Vision: Grid Services and Technologies Valuation Framework |
| Alaska Microgrid Project Overview Memo |
This memorandum summarizes the activities conducted under the Alaska Microgrid Partnership (AMP). The specific work described in this memorandum... |
June 2018 | Report |
Alaska Microgrid Partnership Overview Memo |
| Energy Services Interface: From Theory to Practice |
This resource contains the slides presented during a May 2018 webinar under GMLC Project 1.4.1. Presenters included Mary Ann Piette (PI), Peter... |
May 2018 | Presentation |
GMLC ESI Webinar Slides_180514.pdf |
| Western States Distribution Systems and Planning Training |
The third in a series of regional trainings for public utility commissions on distribution systems and planning was held on May 1-3, 2018, for the... |
May 2018 | Training |
Western States Distribution Systems and Planning Training |
| Theory of Grid Resilience - Grid Architectural Approach |
The purpose of this work is to provide practical means to make decisions about changes to the grid for resilience improvement purposes, starting... |
April 2018 | Report |
Theory of Grid Resilience final_GMLC.pdf |
| Smart Reconfiguration of Idaho Falls Power Distribution Network for Enhanced Quality of Service_FY18_Q2 |
This proposal describes an 18-month effort (FY 16 – FY 17) that addresses core activities in the area of Pioneer Regional Partnerships. |
April 2018 | Report |
Smart Reconfiguration of Idaho Falls Power Distribution Network for Enhanced Quality of Service_FY18_Q2 |
| Interoperability Strategic Vision |
The Interoperability Strategic Vision whitepaper promotes a common understanding of the meaning and characteristics of electric grid... |
March 2018 | White Paper |
InteropStrategicVisionPaper2018-03-29.pdf |
| A Mathematical Representation of System Architectures with Application to Grid Architecture |
Much architecture work is ad hoc in nature, leading to difficulties in comparing architectural alternatives and determining how well a given... |
March 2018 | Report | |
| Enabling Third-Party Aggregation of Distributed Energy Resources |
This paper was written to assist the Public Service Commission of Arkansas as it seeks to remove barriers to entry for aggregators of distributed... |
February 2018 | Deliverable |
Enabling Third-Party Aggregation of Distributed Energy Resources |
| Recommendations for Ohio’s Power Forward Inquiry |
Traditional “cost-of-service” regulation, where the rate of return is set on rate base, gives utilities incentives to invest in additional... |
February 2018 | Deliverable |
Recommendations for Ohio’s Power Forward Inquiry |
| Midwest Distribution Systems & Planning Training |
The second in a series of regional trainings for public utility commissions on distribution systems and planning was held on January 16-17, 2018,... |
January 2018 | Training |
Midwest Distribution Systems and Planning Training |