Microgrid Testing and Control Standards Briefing: An Overview of IEEE 2030.7/8 and Industry Recommendations for Implementing Microgrid Standards

Microgrids have the potential to provide customers with clean, low-cost, and most critically, resilient power. SEPA hosted a briefing for Microgrid Controller Standards IEEE 2030.7© and IEEE 2030.8© to provide an overview of the standards and explore the challenges and next steps for microgrid standards. The briefing focused on the adoption and testing associated with IEEE 2030.7© or IEEE 2030.8© by providing:

• An update on the newest version of these standards
• A review of potential gaps in the testing standard (IEEE 2030.8©), and
• A look at potential future work or development the discussion group hopes to see

Takeaways Include:

• IEEE 2030.7© and IEEE 2030.8© are an important foundation for microgrid standardization.
• Rapid microgrid development requires further progress in standards.
• Creating an adequate control standard is not possible until inverters are standardized.
• Those that test standards should prioritize simplicity and universal application over more advanced products for system requirements and testing.
• Standards Implementers should interface with regulatory proceedings to build on the regulatory awareness needed for a holistic framework towards an interoperable grid.

This briefing was jointly sponsored by SEPA’s Microgrids and Testing and Certification Working Groups and is a collaborative effort driven by Mac Keller, Larisa Dobriansky, and many more.

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This work was performed under the financial assistance award 70NANB20H147 from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Authors:

Mac Keller, Senior Analyst, Research and Industry Strategy, SEPA
Larisa Dobriansky, Chief Business & Policy Innovation Officer, General Microgrids

Contributing Authors:

SEPA Microgrids Working Group
SEPA Testing & Certification Working Group