There are two foundational issues that must be overcome for the electric industry to integrate the increasing number of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) efficiently and effectively into grid and market operations: Information and Collaboration.
Utility operations have been fractured into 'silos' of operation that sub-optimize decisions based on their structure rather than the overall needs of our national electric system. No one in the energy value chain is operating with a single point of truth for a DER.
We must have more effective collaboration in our industry to effectively integrate DERs into the grid and markets and lower the cost of this significant effort for the entire industry.
The electric industry and its stakeholders need to put aside differences and work collaboratively together to build a common DER Registry system. CUS was created to facilitate collaboration and provide effective tools that can be used by everyone.
A non-profit, pre-competitive DER Registry that can be implemented by each state and their utilities but is done collaboratively with shared costs. With this structure in place, DERs can begin to be used to solve problems instead of creating them.
CUS isn't a for-profit company, much less a software company! We're a member-led organization supported by just enough dues to deliver, maintain and improve the national DER registry for our members.
As a non-profit entity, we exist solely for the purpose of supporting the electric industry and collaborating with our members to bring these common solutions to the electric industry.
CUS's goal is to create an efficient shared ecosystem that can be used by all the stakeholders in the energy value chain, implemented at a dramatically reduced cost.
The challenge of DERs is bigger than any one utility, state, or even ISO. A member-led nonprofit is exactly the vehicle for our industry to pull together and solve the big problems we're all facing in DERs.
In an era of ever escalating costs, we are excited to bring this new model to the industry for collaborative, shared systems and tools. We look forward to collaborating with all stakeholders in the electric energy value chain to find and leverage our common interests for the benefit of all.
The DER Registry will be available to all stakeholders and CUS membership will guide the development of the DER Registry.
The DER Registry enables DERs to more efficiently, effectively, and rapidly deliver support to grid and market operations for a clean, distributed energy future.
Complete, high-quality information gathered from all critical participants in the DER landscape
Control with fine granularity who can see what while complying with local regulations
Know where every piece of information came from and be confident that it came from the right place
Clearly see what is complete and valid, or why it's not and whose court the ball is in
Read the DER Registry Whitepaper: 'The Need for Industry Collaboration'
View our Presentation for an introduction to the non-profit DER Registry
Contact Us about participation in the DER Registry
Members of CUS will be granted access the DER Registry as well as certain tools and systems applicable to your membership type.
the DER Registry
with stakeholders
tools and systems
Registry development
With a complementary collection of skills and backgrounds Collaborative Utility Solution's leadership brings vision, experience and a drive to create an energy future that delivers a net positive impact for the people, communities, industries, government agencies and environment that it serves.
The electric industry is very diverse, and our advisory board is designed to seek out people with unique skill sets that do not fall into our member categories so we may gain their insight and guidance to improve CUS and the tools sets we provide to industry.
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