March 6, 2014: OpenADR Alliance and Wi-SUN Alliance Form Strategic Relationship
New Industry Collaboration to Improve Smart Grid System Interoperability
MORGAN HILL, Calif., and TOYKO — The OpenADR Alliance and Wi-SUN Alliance have announced a liaison agreement to work together to enable interoperability between Wi-SUN smart utility networks and demand response programs based on the OpenADR specification.
“Both the Wi-SUN Alliance and the OpenADR Alliance are finding growing acceptance of their respective specifications in the U.S. and Japan,” said Barry Haaser, managing director, OpenADR Alliance. “It is important to enable interoperability between the two specifications to provide seamless connectivity between Wi-SUN based smart utility networks and OpenADR based automated demand response programs.”