Summary ø The Technology Working Group consists of members dedicated to continually advancing GridWise technology by creating and maintaining a visionary roadmap, validated with industry input, that identifies the frontiers of technology. Its goal is to spotlight state-of-the-art technology and accelerate innovation by identifying opportunities for collaborative research and development activities with industry and government.

Charter ø 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.

Activities ø The Technology Working Group will:

• Develop and periodically renew an Alliance technology roadmap, including activities beyond scope of DOE program.
  
  
• Provide input to DOE roadmap activities and encourage participation in them by all members.
  
  
• Develop forums or mechanisms (website, awards) for members to identify state-of-the-art and offer their technologies and solutions as examples.
  
  
• Work with the Business Solutions Working Group to develop forums encouraging members to develop team proposals responding to technology RFPs from DOE and others.
  
  
• Work with the Outreach Working Group to:
  
  
• Publicize state-of-the-art by highlighting member's technologies and solutions.
  
  
• Publicize the Alliance technology roadmap.
  
  
• Publicize opportunities for membership to participate by responding to DOE technology development RFPs.

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