IEEE 2030.5 is the application-layer protocol for utilities to communicate with distributed energy resources — solar inverters, batteries, EV charging equipment and thermostats — over IP. It defines RESTful resources for demand response, pricing, metering and DER control, and California’s Rule 21 requires it for smart inverter communication, which is why it appears wherever grid-connected hardware meets an API.
IEEE 2030.5
Industry: Energy
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This standard shows up on both sides of the house — as a standard applied in API operations here, and as a data model defining what information exists. Same standard, two lenses.
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OpenADR
The two demand-response protocols this market names together, at 7 companies each.
