GridLAB-D is an open-source (

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) simulation and analysis tool that models emerging smart grid energy technologies. It couples power flow calculations with distribution automation models, building energy use and appliance demand models, and market models. It is used primarily to estimate the benefits and impacts of smart grid technology.

Research and development

Funding for the research and development of GridLAB-D has come from multiple sources, including the

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(US DOE) and the

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(CEC).

United States Department of Energy

GridLAB-D was developed with funding from the US DOE Office of Electricity (OE) at

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(PNNL), in collaboration with industry and academia. It is available for Microsoft Windows,

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and several

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implementations and released through

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. Original work on GridLAB-D was started at PNNL in 2003 under a Laboratory Directed Research and Development project called PDSS. Starting in 2008 GridLAB-D was made available to the public under a BSD-style open-source license with a US Government right-to-use clause. US DOE has supported GridLAB-D through both direct funding and funding of projects that support enhancements to the simulation's capabilities.

California Energy Commission

In 2017 the CEC awarded several grants to enhance GridLAB-D with the aim to support use in California regions operated by the investor-owned utility ratepayers. The enhancements focus on the

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's (CPUC) proceedings related to distributed and renewable energy resource integration, with particular attention to usability, scalability and interoperability.

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America Laboratory (HAL) leads the GridLAB-D Open Workspace (GLOW) project to develop a user-interface for GridLAB-D.

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(SLAC) leads the High-Performance Agent-based Simulation (HiPAS) project to enhance the performance of GridLAB-D. HiPAS GridLAB-D is released through GitHub. SLAC also leads the Open Framework for Integrated Data Operations (OpenFIDO) to support data exchange between GridLAB-D and other widely used power system data collection, modeling, and analytics tools.

Arras Energy

In 2022

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adopted HiPAS GridLAB-D as an open-source project under the name ''Arras Energy''.

References

;Notes * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Schneider, K.P., Fuller, J.C., Tuffner, F., Singh, R., Evaluation of Conservation Voltage Reduction on a National Level, ''Pacific Northwest National Laboratory report for the US Department of Energy, 2010'' * Schneider, K.P., Fuller, J.C., Tuffner, F., Singh, R., and Chen, Y, Evaluation of General Electric's Coordinated Volt VAR Control for American Electric Power, ''Pacific Northwest Laboratory report for American Electric Power, 2010.'' * * * Fuller, J.C., Temperature Dependent Control of Community Energy Storage Devices, ''Washington State University Libraries in fulfillment for MSEE, 2010.'' * Schneider, K.P., Fuller, J.C., Detailed Analysis of Distribution System Voltage Reduction, ''Proceedings of 2010 Distributech, 2010.'' * * * *

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