Date: May 2025

Using the PG&E’sUsing the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Peak Day Pricing and Capacity Bidding Program as examples, this session highlights the real-world challenges that OpenADR 2.0 users have had in supporting the standard and the innovation that can be unlocked with the recent release of OpenADR 3.0. OpenADR 3.0 provides simplicity at a time when technology is becoming more complex, offers a modern web service design that is easier to use, provides added functionality which makes energy management easier and future-proofs energy systems. The speakers will share unique insights about the development of the OpenADR 3.0 standard, major technical departures from previous versions and how OpenADR 3.0 will accelerate interoperability of DERs into flexible load programs. The session will showcase various projects leveraging the new standard, standard adoption into ADR programs and where OpenADR fits in with other “hot” standards (CSA Matter 1.4, IEEE 2030.5).

Speakers:
Wendy Bummer, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Robert Anderson, Olivine