OREG or Microgrids Two Names for Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
For those of you interested in O n site Reliable Energy Generation (OREG), moving to Renewable Energy, we have to know how grid providers see who you are and what you do. In a nut shell, they see you as an energy resource. They call you Distributed Energy Resources (DER) They call your On site energy generation a microgrid , and are fast working on ways to network all OREG resources together. This white paper , written by the Deportment of Energy in 2002 lays out the concept fairly well. - Lee Royal