Table 3: Terms and Definitions
Term | Definition |
Communications Software Client | IEEE 2030.5 client to receive commands and send measurements |
CSIP | Common Smart Inverter Profile |
CSIP-AUS | Common Smart Inverter Profile – Australia (A companion document to CSIP describing the changes to support Australian use cases.) |
DER | Distributed Energy Resource (Electricity generating and storage devices connected to the distribution network including rooftop solar, batteries and electric vehicles and other smart electrical devices.) |
Direct Device | DER with embedded Communications Software Client such that the DER directly communicates with the Utility Server |
DOE | Dynamic Operating Envelope (An operating profile that defines the upper and lower limits of power export or import in each time interval for each DER or connection point.) |
End Device | Individual DER, often an inverter (including bi-directional inverter used with a battery |
Flexible Exports | Optional DER connection type provided by the Utility that permits the maximum power exported to the network to be limited by a DOE issued by the Utility |
Gateway | A hardware device located on site with the DER to provide communications (control and metering) functionality for DER acting as a Direct Device Client and may also be known as the GFEMS |
GFEMS | Generating Facility Energy Management System (GFEMS) as defined in CSIP |
Term | Definition |
Interconnection Handbook | A document outlining the technical requirements and processes for connecting a customer's generation facility (like solar panels or a wind turbine) to the utility's grid. For CPPALUE, this is as defined by the LV DERMS Interconnection Handbook. |
LFDI | Long Form Device Identifier as defined in CSIP |
NMI | National Metering Identifier |
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer (Including the manufacturers of solar inverters, managed batteries and other DER equipment and integration systems.) |
PCC | Point of Common Coupling |
PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
SCC | Software Communications Client |
Technology provider | Entity providing a communications software client implementation, can either be an OEM or another party responsible for the integration |
Utility | CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy distribution networks |
Utility Server | Computer server as defined in CSIP-AUS |
V2G | Vehicle to Grid (Technology available in some electric vehicles to permit the battery vehicle to store energy that can be used within an electrical installation or exported to the electrical distribution network.) |