Insights on the Microgrid Market Opportunity
In 2016, NEMA published a white paper introducing the concepts of microgrids as an integral component of the power delivery system of 21st Century. Microgrids once viewed as islanded systems of generation and load, valued mostly for their ability to disconnect from the grid and serve individual customer facilities during outages are now seen as part of distribution system operations, interacting with the distribution grid through advanced control and distribution management systems. The whitepaper presents microgrid business cases, enabling technologies, a standards analysis, as well as a future vision. In 2017 NEMA's efforts in the microgrid space focused on investigating government policies and regulations to achieve that future vision. The research identified the top regulatory barriers facing microgrid deployment in the United States and determined if they were region specific or if they applied generally across the country. NEMA also looked at the policy/regulatory solutions to the identified barriers.
Steve Griffith is an Industry Director for NEMA's Connected Systems Division. He manages sections within this division in such areas as Distribution Automation, Energy Storage, Electric Metering, Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment, and Power Electronics. He is also the principle NEMA staff liaison for NEMA's Internet of Things (IoT) activities, leading and defining common approaches to standardization, guidelines, and architecture development while enabling connectivity, defining and simplifying interoperability, and safeguarding privacy and cybersecurity in electrotechnical and medical imaging products.
Steve has over 17 years' experience in program/project management including a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification. Before joining NEMA he managed projects for various Department of Defense facilities, and the Transportation Security Administration. Steve holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University.
- Value points of microgrids beyond their ability to assist in disaster recovery efforts
- Enabling technologies for microgrids
- Microgrid standards gap analysis
- Regulatory barriers to microgrid deployment
- Policy/regulatory solutions to microgrid barriers
Steve Griffith, PMP
Industry Director, Connected Systems Division
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
Industry Director, Connected Systems Division
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
Steve Griffith is an Industry Director for NEMA's Connected Systems Division. He manages sections within this division in such areas as Distribution Automation, Energy Storage, Electric Metering, Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment, and Power Electronics. He is also the principle NEMA staff liaison for NEMA's Internet of Things (IoT) activities, leading and defining common approaches to standardization, guidelines, and architecture development while enabling connectivity, defining and simplifying interoperability, and safeguarding privacy and cybersecurity in electrotechnical and medical imaging products.
Steve has over 17 years' experience in program/project management including a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification. Before joining NEMA he managed projects for various Department of Defense facilities, and the Transportation Security Administration. Steve holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University.