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 |
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| The Frequency-Watt Function: Simulation and Testing for the Hawaiian Electric Companies |
This interim report describes research related to frequency-watt control of solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters conducted under the U.S. Department... |
July 2017 | Report |
 1.3.29-68884.pdf |
| State Performance-Based Regulation Using Multiyear Rate Plans for U.S. Electric Utilities |
Berkeley Lab published a report in 2016 that discussed two approaches to performance-based regulation (PBR) of electric utilities: multiyear rate... |
July 2017 | Report |
State Performance-Based Regulation Using Multiyear Rate Plans for U.S. Electric Utilities |
| What will Electric Utility Regulation and Business Models Look Like in 2030? |
Presented July 11, 2017 at the Legislative Energy Horizon Institute in Richland, Washington. Presentation covers four topics: 1) trends shaping... |
July 2017 | Presentation |
What will Electric Utility Regulation and Business Models Look Like in 2030? |
| Advanced Networking Paradigms for High-DER Distribution Grids |
The changes affecting distribution grids had been well documented and considerable work is underway to address these changes in the context of... |
June 2017 | Report | |
| Architectural Basis for Highly Distributed Transactive Power Grids |
Simple Transactive Energy Systems have been built using ad hoc approaches to the placement and interconnection of the transactive nodes but... |
June 2017 | Report | |
| Glossary of Grid Architecture Terms |
This document provides definitions of grid architecture terms. |
June 2017 | Report | |
| May 10, 2017 – Roadmap Process Overview and Mini-Demonstration | June 2017 | Presentation |
May 10, 2017 – Roadmap Process Overview and Mini-Demonstration |
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| May 10, 2017 – Integration Ecosystems Panel (Rich Scholer) | June 2017 | Presentation |
May 10, 2017 – Integration Ecosystems Panel (Rich Scholer) |
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| May 10, 2017 – Integration Ecosystems Panel (Howard Self) | June 2017 | Presentation |
May 10, 2017 – Integration Ecosystems Panel (Howard Self) |
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| Foundational Metrics Analysis |
The nation’s power grid is becoming increasingly challenged because of growing consumer energy use and the penetration of resources such as wind... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Foundational Metrics Analysis |
| Grid Architecture |
The nation’s power grid is continually faced with mounting complexity, which adds increased risk to policy and investment decisions. Methods and... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Grid Architecture |
| Interoperability |
The nation’s power grid needs the flexibility to accommodate internally or externally driven changes, either expected or unexpected. One example... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Interoperability |
| Sensing and Measurement Strategy |
The nation’s electric power system is undergoing a major transformation in many ways, including:
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June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Sensing and Measurement Strategy |
| Southeast Regional Consortium |
Different geographical regions across the United States face specific electric grid challenges, such as recurring weather extremes, integration of... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Southeast Regional Consortium |
| Industrial Microgrid Analysis and Design for Energy Security and Resiliency |
Industrial utility customers have a unique opportunity to support a modern energy economy and a stronger, more reliable grid. They typically need... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Industrial Microgrid Analysis and Design for Energy Security and Resiliency |
| Smart Reconfiguration of Idaho Falls Power Distribution Network for Enhanced Quality of Service |
Severe weather conditions during winter impact the power grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure, disrupting power delivery to... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Smart Reconfiguration of Idaho Falls Power Distribution Network for Enhanced Quality of Service |
| Vermont Regional Partnership Enabling the Use of DERs |
In order for Vermont to meet its ambitious goal of 90% renewable energy penetration by 2050, an optimal and replicable approach to distributed... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Vermont Regional Partnership Enabling the Use of DERs |
| Alaska Microgrid Partnership |
Alaska—perhaps more than any other region in the country—faces unprecedented challenges in modernizing its rural energy infrastructure. Across the... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Alaska Microgrid Partnership |
| Technical Support to the New York State Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) Initiative |
In an effort to improve efficiency, reliability, and resilience, many states are taking action to modernize their electric grid; particularly the... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Technical Support to the New York State Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) Initiative |
| Grid Frequency Support from Distributed Inverter-Based Resources in Hawaii |
Hawaii leads the nation in the portion of its electricity that is produced from distributed solar photovoltaics (PV). This high level of PV... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Grid Frequency Support from Distributed Inverter-Based Resources in Hawaii |