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OpenADR Specification Developed by Demand Response Research Center Boosted by Recovery Act Grant to Honeywell

December 11, 2009

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Honeywell an $11.4 million grant to help Southern California Edison implement automated demand response under OpenADR, the Open Automated Demand Response Communications Specification.The grant was one of several Smart Grid Investment Grants awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.OpenADR was developed by researchers at the PIER Demand... Read more