In the very near future, the North American power grid will be populated by a bewildering array of distributedenergyresources ranging from building-integrated solar photovoltaics and micro-cogen to intelligent control systems and mesh network lighting.
In the area of renewable and distributedenergyresources, which are prone to extreme variability, members can leverage predictive and optimization technologies, increasing the accuracy of their forecasts to balance the supply and demand of electricity and take measures that ensure system reliability.