Status on developing IEEE standard P1547 for distributed power resources and electric power systems interconnection

There are major issues and obstacles to an orderly transition to using and integrating all distributed power resources with electric power systems (grid or utility grid). The lack of national interconnection standards and tests for interconnection operation and certification, as well as the lack of national building, electrical, and safety codes, are understood and resolving that needs reasonable lead time to develop and promulgate consensus. The IEEE P1547 interconnection standard should prove to be a benchmark milestone for both the IEEE standards consensus process and as a model for developing further national standards dedicated to the ongoing success of our nation's electric power system. Based on a fast-track timeline, the P1547 working group voted unanimously to complete a final P1547 draft so it could be ready for submittal to the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board for no later than their December 2001 meeting. The working group met its target of March 2001 for a balloted P1547 draft.