IEEE P1547 Series of Standards for Interconnection: Preprint

-The IEEE P1547 Standard For Interconnecting Distributed Resources With Electric Power Systems is the first in the P1547 series of planned interconnection standards, and additional standards are needed. There are major issues and obstacles to an orderly transition to the use and integration of distributed power resources with electric power systems. The lack of uniform national interconnection standards and tests for interconnection operation and certification— as well as the lack of uniform national building, electrical, and safety codes—is understood, and resolving this requires reasonable lead time to develop and promulgate consensus. The P1547 standard is a benchmark milestone for the IEEE standards consensus process and successfully demonstrates a model for ongoing success in the development of further national standards and for moving forward in modernizing our nation's electric power system.