Common Smart Inverter Profile – Australia
January 2023 Version 1.1a
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User Consent and Data Privacy 7
3 Communications Architecture Overview 10
4 General CSIP Requirements 10
4.2 Registration and Identification of DERs 10
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4.4 DER Control Events and Settings 11
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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
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6.1 Utility Server Operation 15
6.1.4 In-Band DER Registration 15
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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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