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Update On IEEE 1547 Series of Standards For Distributed Resources Interconnection
Update On IEEE 1547 Series of Standards For Distributed Resources Interconnection
Abstract—The IEEE 1547 Series of Standards are a key II. IEEE 1547 – STANDARD FOR INTERCONNECTING
reference for Distributed Resources Interconnection. This paper DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES WITH ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS
discusses the Scope and Purpose; current status; and a short
description of the content and limitations of each of the A. Scope
documents.
This standard establishes criteria and requirements for
Index Terms—Distributed Resources Interconnection, IEEE interconnection of distributed resources (DR) with electric
1547, Distributed Generation Interconnection. power systems (EPS).
B. Purpose
I. INTRODUCTION
This standard provides a uniform standard for
Bob Saint is with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and
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is the current Chair of the IEEE P1547.7 Working Group and was the Chair of Additional technical requirements and/or tests may be necessary for some
the IEEE P1547.2 Working Group when that standard was completed. limited situations.
• This standard does not address planning, designing, IV. IEEE 1547.3 - GUIDE FOR MONITORING, INFORMATION
operating, or maintaining the Area EPS. EXCHANGE AND CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES
• This standard does not apply to automatic transfer INTERCONNECTED WITH ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS
schemes in which load is transferred between the DR
and the EPS in a momentary make-before-break A. Scope
operation provided the duration of paralleling This document provides guidelines for monitoring,
information exchange, and control of distributed resources
D. Status
(DR) interconnected with electric power systems (EPSs).
This is the Standard that defines the terms and provides
the technical requirements for the interconnection of B. Purpose
distributed resources to the utility distribution system (Area This document provides guidelines to facilitate the
EPS). This Standard was originally completed in 2003 and interoperability of one or more DR interconnected with EPSs.
reaffirmed in 2008 without any changes. According to It describes functionality, parameters, and methodologies for
IEEE procedures, this Standard will be in effect for five MIC of DR interconnected with or associated with EPSs. DR
years, or until 2013. This document is relatively small, just technologies include fuel cells, photovoltaics, wind turbines,
16 pages including the informative Annex A Bibliography, microturbines, and other distributed generators as well as
with the actual technical requirements taking only five distributed energy storage systems.
pages. Therefore, additional guidance is necessary to apply This guide documents alternatives for sound practice based
these technical requirements to the Electrical Power System on current practice and includes both legacy and new MIC
(EPS). systems.
C. Limitations and Application
III. IEEE 1547.1 – STANDARD CONFORMANCE TEST
PROCEDURES FOR EQUIPMENT INTERCONNECTING This guide is primarily concerned with MIC between DR
DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES WITH ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS units and the outside world. It is not intended for MIC within
a device or among the components that make up a DR unit.
A. Scope The data exchanges between the distributed resource
This standard specifies the type, production, and controller and equipment or entities internal to the local
commissioning tests that shall be performed to demonstrate electric power system are not addressed in this guide. Refer to
1.7 for clarification. The many potential paths of data
that the interconnection functions and equipment of the
exchanges among individual stakeholders are also beyond the
distributed resources (DR) conform to IEEE Std 1547.
focus of this document. This guide does not establish
B. Purpose requirements for interconnection, protection, safety, or local
Interconnection equipment that connects DR to an electric and area EPS operation functions.
power system (EPS) must meet the requirements specified in D. Status
IEEE Std 1547. Standardized test procedures are necessary to Many of the information identified in this guide for data
establish and verify compliance with those requirements. exchange has been included in IEC 61850. This guide was
These test procedures must provide both repeatable results, completed in 2007. It comes due for reaffirmation in 2012.
independent of test location, and flexibility to accommodate
the variety of DR technologies.
V. IEEE 1547.4 – GUIDE FOR DESIGN, OPERATION, AND
C. Limitations and Application INTEGRATION OF DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE ISLAND SYSTEMS
This standard does not cover testing for safety. Although WITH ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS
this standard does not define a certification process, these tests
A. Scope
may be used as part of such a process.
T his document provides alternative approaches and good
D. Status practices for the design, operation, and integration of
This standard covers the testing procedures to determine if distributed resource (DR) island systems with electric power
the interconnection meets the requirements of IEEE 1547. systems (EPS). This includes the ability to separate from and
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1741 - Standard for Safety reconnect to part of the area EPS while providing power to the
Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System islanded EPSs. This guide includes the distributed resources,
Equipment for Use With Distributed Energy Resources interconnection systems, and participating electric power
describes the process that Underwriters Laboratories uses to systems.
certify DR Interconnection systems.. UL 1741 is consistent
B. Purpose
with IEEE 1547.1 and therefore, UL1741 certified systems are
IEEE 1547 compliant. This Standard was completed in 2005. This guide is intended to be used by EPS designers,
It is currently being balloted for reaffirmation. The status of operators, system integrators, and equipment manufacturers.
the ballot is unknown at this time. The document is intended to provide an introduction overview
and address engineering concerns of DR island systems. It is
relevant to the design, operation, and integration of DR Island
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A. Scope C. Status
This document provides guidelines regarding the technical This guide is currently in the balloting process. A task
requirements, including design construction, commissioning force has addressed all the comments and as of this writing,
acceptance testing and maintenance/performance a recirculation of the ballot is forthcoming that addresses
requirements, for interconnecting dispatchable electric power the comments received. The balloting pool will have a
sources with a capacity of more than 10 MVA to a bulk power chance to change their vote and/or make comments based
on the changes made to the guide. It is projected that this
transmission grid.
guide be approved and published by IEEE before the end of
2011.
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B. Purpose C. Status
The creation of IEEE Std 1547 "IEEE Standard for The working group for this recommended practice first met in
Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power August, 2010 and has so produced version 1 of a Resource
Systems" has led to the increased adoption of DR throughout Document as a result of that first meeting and subsequent
distribution systems. This document describes a methodology writing group’s conference calls and web conferences. This
for performing engineering studies of the potential impact of a document will be, in part, a result of a NIST Smart Grid
distributed resource interconnected to an area electric power Interoperability Panel (SGIP) Priority Action Plan (PAP) task
distribution system. Study scope and extent are described as identified to fill the gap in the IEEE 1547 Standard as a result
functions of identifiable characteristics of the distributed of a high penetration of distributed resources being installed
resource, the area electric power system, and the on distribution systems. The interconnection of distributed
interconnection. Criteria are described for determining the resources and storage on distribution systems is considered
necessity of impact mitigation. one of the characteristics of the smart grid.
A. Scope
This recommended practice applies to the requirements set
forth in IEEE Std 1547 and provides recommended methods
that may expand the usefulness and uniqueness of IEEE Std
1547 through the identification of innovative designs, XII. BIOGRAPHY
processes, and operational procedures.
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