When scaling to incorporate tens of thousands or millions of grid edge devices, utilities do not have the culture, technical expertise or processes necessary -- yet it is a critical learning process and absolutely required for success, according to according to James Mater, Co-Founder of QualityLogic.  SGO talks with James about these and other critical issues surrounding standards in the evolving distributed energy industry.  A transcript of this interview is available here.

QualityLogic recently launched its Grid Edge Intelligence service, which offers in-depth information on IEEE 2030.5, OpenADR, and other application protocols.