California Closes In on Smart Solar Inverter Rules  Greentech Media.pdf

California Closes In on Smart SolarInverter RulesBOS/INVERTERS (/ARTICLES/CATEGORY/BOS-INVERTERS)California Closes In on Smart Solar Inverter RulesUtilities, the solar industry, and inverter makers hash out thecomplicated path to solar-grid alignment.JEFF ST. JOHN NOVEMBER 13, 2013California, already the U.S. vanguard in distributed solar power, may soon break newground in requiring “smart” functionality for the inverters that connect all that solar atthe grids edge (greentechmedia/articles/read/the-grid-edge-how-will-utilities-vendors-regulators-and-energy-service-prov). But, as with every aspect ofsolars growth in the Golden State (greentechmedia/articles/read/AB-327-Signed-Into-Law-in-California-With-Solar-NEM-Warning-from-Jerry-Bro), thispush toward solar inverter-grid integration has been fraught with complications andconflict.In the next month or so, the Smart Inverter Working Group (SIWG), formed by theCalifornia Public Utilities Commission and California Energy Commission, is preparing afinal version of recommendations