GridWise™ Action Plan
Challenge #1.
Develop and deploy an innovative suite of technologies to realize the benefits of a transformed grid.

The challenge is to engage the best current technical thinking, across a broad set of industries in order to harness synergies among various technology thrusts, uncover new technology niches and set broad technology strategies that accelerate innovation in new products and services, bringing them to market quicker and with greater impact. Our collective response will:

Identify, Characterize and Fill Technology Gaps

• Continually advance the technology frontier by creating and maintaining a visionary technology roadmap and R&D plan.
• Validate the relevance and value of the advancing technology by providing ongoing input from broad industry and stakeholder groups.
• Accelerate innovation by jointly funding pre-competitive technology R&D.
• Spotlight state-of-the-art technology by highlighting emerging GridWise and GridWorks technologies and solutions.

Develop a Framework for Interoperability

• Define a communications framework for collaborative operations that span enterprise boundaries by chartering a group of industry experts.
• Build impetus for the framework by maintaining regular interaction between Alliance members and this industry group.
• Establish a foundation for consensus by formally reviewing and endorsing the group's results.
• Promote change by supporting relevant industry standards efforts.

Create a Compelling Demonstration Agenda

• Prove state-of-the-art by defining a series of demonstrations with rational, workable structure, scope, and sequence.
• Illustrate the breadth of the transformation by ensuring the demonstrations cover the full range and scope of the GridWise vision.
• Accelerate the pace of demonstration by defining common criteria for evaluating demonstration projects, proposals, and outcomes that promote opportunities for collaborative funding.
• Raise awareness by publicizing resulting projects, their outcomes and benefits.

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