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The grid edge is where innovation meets opportunity—spanning technologies and strategies that operate at or near the end user, including DERs, EVs, smart meters, flexible loads, and home energy systems. For utilities, the grid edge presents both operational challenges and powerful tools to support grid flexibility, customer engagement, and decarbonization. This track explores how utilities are managing and integrating grid-edge technologies, enabling two-way power flow, and partnering with customers to deliver new value streams. Topics include interoperability, data management, grid services from behind-the-meter assets, and utility-business model evolution.
Core Concepts Discussed
- Edge of the grid visibility
- Customer-sited resources and technologies
- Two-way power flow management
- Decentralization of energy systems
- Grid services from behind-the-meter assets
- Utility-customer interaction points
- Demand flexibility at the grid edge
- Real-time load control
- Distributed intelligence
- Grid edge as a platform for innovation
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