About Tim Taylor

Tim is an instructor of electric power distribution courses for HeatSpring and the owner of Electric Distribution Academy. He has been working with electric distribution systems for over 30 years, is a senior member of IEEE, and a member of the DISTRIBUTECH International Advisory Committee, with a focus on the Resiliency Planning and Preparation track.

Standards for Distributed Energy Resources Interconnecting to Utility Systems

Interconnection standards for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) connecting to utility transmission and distribution systems have evolved and will continue to change in the coming decades.  DER includes inverter-based resources (IBR), such as solar PV, battery energy storage, and vehicle-to-grid (V2G), but also synchronous machine-based generation and other types of generation.

For people involved in DER interconnection […]

January 20th, 2023|Categories: Clean Energy Policy, Electrical Distribution, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy Policy, Solar, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Utility Interconnection, Utilities, Utility-Scale Solar||
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New Course: Understanding IEEE 1547-2018 – The Interconnection Standard for DER on Distribution

HeatSpring is pleased to announce a new course focusing on IEEE 1547-2018, the interconnection standard for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) on utility distribution systems.  Understanding IEEE 1547-2018 – The Interconnection Standard for DER on Distribution, will launch in February 2023, and you can now sign up, in advance, for the course on HeatSpring.  

IEEE 1547-2018, IEEE […]

December 20th, 2022|Categories: Clean Energy Policy, Electrical Distribution, Energy Storage, Solar, Solar Business Growth, Solar Design & Installation, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Plus Storage, Solar Utility Interconnection, Utilities, Utility-Scale Solar||
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Looking at North Carolina Outages and Distributed Energy Resources

An incident occurred in central North Carolina on the evening of December 3, 2022, about 45 minutes from where I live, in which equipment in two substations was made inoperable by gunfire.  The result was approximately 40,000 customers without power.  As of the morning of December 6, the outage map of Duke Energy, which serves […]

December 7th, 2022|Categories: Electrical Distribution, Energy Storage, Solar, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Utility Interconnection, Utilities, Utility-Scale Solar||
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New Interconnection Standard for Energy Storage and Distribution – IEEE 1547.9

The development and publishing of interconnection standards and guides to facilitate the large numbers of grid-connected DER (Distributed Energy Resources) to utility systems in the coming years continues, with a new guide focused on energy storage.

On August 5 of 2022, IEEE published IEEE 1547.9-2022, “IEEE Guide for Using IEEE Std 1547™ for Interconnection of Energy […]

October 11th, 2022|Categories: Solar, Solar Utility Interconnection, Utilities, Utility-Scale Solar||
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Transmission and Distribution Interconnection Standards – Does Your Organization Know About Them?

Utility interconnection standards will be critical for increasing the connection of DER (Distributed Energy Resources), including solar PV, to distribution and transmission systems.  In the US, IEEE 1547-2018 is a predominant standard, accompanied by UL 1741 for testing, that governs interconnection of DER to distribution.  Since distribution organizations are regulated by state-level public service commissions, […]

May 4th, 2022|Categories: Electrical Distribution, Solar, Solar Utility Interconnection, Utilities, Utility-Scale Solar||
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