Common Smart Inverter Profile – Australia
January 2023 Version 1.1a
User Consent and Data Privacy 7
3 Communications Architecture Overview 10
4 General CSIP Requirements 10
4.2 Registration and Identification of DERs 10
4.4 DER Control Events and Settings 11
4.5 Communication Interactions 12
Resources and Function Sets 13
Commissioning and Identification of DER Requirements 14
DER Controls and DER Default Control Requirements 14
6.1 Utility Server Operation 15
6.1.4 In-Band DER Registration 15
Annex A - Reporting DER Data 17
Annex B - DER Management Envelope Extensions 19
Example - Envelope Communication 21
Annex C - DRED Communications 24
Annex D – DERIAPITWG Member Organisations 28
Annex E – Connection Point Registration Extension 29
Web-application description language 29
This ‘Common Smart Inverter Profile – Australia’ was developed by the DER Integration API Technical Working Group. This working group formed in 2019 as a collaboration of Australian energy sector businesses from across the supply chain, including numerous distribution networks, retailers, equipment manufacturers and aggregators.
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