ROCKLIN, Calif., Nov.12, 2019 – SMA America, a prominent specialist for photovoltaic system technology, and EnergyHub, the leading provider of distributed energy resource (DER) solutions for utilities, are proud to announce the two companies have finalized a partnership poised to deliver valuable inverter management functionality to EnergyHub’s utility clients.
Utilities can use EnergyHub’s Mercury distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) to deliver mission-critical grid services using SMA commercial and residential inverters through real-time management of essential inverter settings to support distribution network operations. The integration allows utilities to manage natively supported and remotely configurable settings on SMA inverters, including active power, reactive power, and ride-through settings.
SMA and EnergyHub are launching the SEP 2.0/IEEE 2030.5 protocol-based integration with Arizona Public Service (APS) to enable the utility’s innovative APS Solar Communities program. APS will use the Mercury DERMS to control SMA inverters at multi-family and commercial-sited solar PV systems throughout its service territory. The integration, which is compliant with California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Electric Rule 21 and the Common Smart Inverter Profile (CSIP), will support key use cases at APS, such as grid stability and excess solar curtailment in response to negative CA-ISO locational marginal prices.
“APS Solar Communities is a unique program that makes solar more accessible to residential customers as well as multifamily housing complexes for limited-income residents, nonprofits, Title I schools and rural governments,” said Marc Romito, Director of Customer Technology at Arizona Public Service. “The program is a prime example of how we’re using innovative technology to offer more clean-energy solutions that benefit both our customers and the grid.
