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US states get smart on smart inverters

As residential smart inverters and their grid services continue to offer more capabilities to the grid, U.S. states are going about regulating their installations with the best intentions. But delays in ensuring that smart inverters are active and operating to a common standard will be costly.

By

William Driscoll

07 Sep 2021

Source: EPRI

Smart inverters for distributed solar and storage make room for more solar on distribution circuits, enable distributed solar and storage to provide grid services, and open the door for owners of distributed solar and storage to be compensated for those grid services. A handful of U.S. states are already adopting a new global standard …

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