2026 Event Schedule

DER data is not new to Con Edison—it has been a persistent and complex challenge since the team first embarked on centralizing DER information three years ago through an MVP. Now, equipped with years of evolution and practical experience, the team is stepping into the enterprise DERMS landscape, prepared to share the critical challenges, lessons, and insights gathered on their journey. 
At the core of this progression is the Distributed Asset Repository (DAR) initiative—an effort to unify disparate datasets from customer systems, interconnection platforms, and work management tools into a standardized, enterprise-wide “Single Source of DER Data.” 
By consolidating and harmonizing this data, DAR significantly improves the quality and accessibility of key attributes essential for screening, analysis, real-time monitoring, and regulatory reporting. It supports both business and IT stakeholders by ensuring consistent, streamlined access to vetted and trusted data. 
Serving as the data backbone for the enterprise DERMS platform, DAR underpins a scalable and transparent ecosystem, enabling advanced data governance and critical use cases, including GE Grid OS Model Manager, IEDR, and SIR compliance. 
Core insights from the DAR evolution include identifying the right datasets for meaningful integration, enforcing standardization and de-duplication of data attributes, and ensuring downstream readiness for DERMS functions—such as asset management, forecasting, and program coordination. 
Con Edison has also implemented robust processes for data quality, change requests, and stakeholder alignment. As DAR continues to mature, it unlocks future-forward capabilities like hosting capacity assessments, flexible interconnection studies, and demand response integration—solidifying its role in powering tomorrow’s DERMS.