Travel Grant: Workshop on Research Directions for the Grid Edge, To Be Held March 24-25, in Alexandria, VA

该提案要求为参加NSF研讨会的大学教授提供旅行补贴，以确定网格边缘的研究方向：将公用事业运营的遗留网格与边缘第三方拥有和运营的新兴网格相连接。研讨会将于2020年3月24日至25日在华盛顿特区举行，重点讨论5-10年时间范围内的未解决问题、技术需求和研究方向。本次研讨会旨在将旅行资助接受者、行业和政府利益相关者聚集在一起，从整体上解决网格边缘的概念、基础和愿景。拟议的研讨会将提供一个论坛，讨论和协调研究战略和相关行动计划，以满足行业对新解决方案的需求，以响应影响电网的新发展。电网边缘被认为是未来电网的关键发展，需要学者、工程师、政策制定者、经济学家、社会科学家、政府官员和技术领导者为下一代电网提供解决方案，以造福社会。推进网格边缘所需的基本概念需要跨学科的方法，包括基础研究、应用工程、技术创新、行为研究、市场经济学和政策见解。在这种情况下，网格边缘通过多个维度定义：A)资产所有权，包括公用事业拥有和非公用事业拥有的资产；b)边缘利益相关者角色，包括以公用事业为中心和以第三方为中心的观点，以及关注跨边缘边界密切合作需求的观点；c)结构化操作层，涵盖物理网格组件、控制和保护、技术、网络物理安全和隐私、市场、监管框架和商业模式。这个研讨会将继续NSF过去和目前的努力，通过最近一系列及时的研讨会提供额外的研究洞察力和一个观点，集中在能源产生和消耗的网络和物理方面在网格边缘。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This proposal requests funding to provide travel subsidies for university professors to attend the NSF Workshop to define the Research Directions for the Grid Edge: Interfacing the Legacy Grids Operated by Utilities with Emerging Grids Owned and Operated by Third Parties at the Edge. The workshop focusing on unresolved problems, technology requirements and research directions for the time horizon of 5-10 years will be held in Washington DC on March 24-25, 2020. This workshop intends to bring the travel grant recipients, as well as industry and government stakeholders together to address the Grid Edge concepts, fundamentals and vision holistically. The proposed workshop will offer a forum to discuss and coordinate a research strategy and related action plan to meet industry needs for new solutions in response to the new developments affecting the grid. The grid edge is considered a crucial development for the future of the electricity grids requires contributions from academics, engineers, policy makers, economists, social scientists, government officials, and technology leaders in delivering solutions for the next generation electricity grid for the benefits of the society.The fundamental concepts needed for advancing the grid Edge require an interdisciplinary approach involving basic research, applied engineering, technology innovation, behavioral studies, market economics, and policy insights. The grid edge is defined in this context through multiple dimensions: a) the asset ownership, which entails the utility owned and non-utility owned assets, b) the edge stakeholder role, which encompasses the utility-centric and third party-centric view, and the view that focuses on the need to closely collaborate across the edge boundaries, and c) the structured operational layers covering physical grid components, control and protection, the technology, cyber-physical security and privacy, markets, regulatory framework, and business models. This workshop will continue the NSF past and current efforts undertaken through a recent series of timely workshops to offer additional research insight and a perspective focusing on the cyber and physical aspects of energy generation and consumption at the grid edge.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.