вторник, 30 октября 2012 г.

EnerNex Appoints Director of Smart Grid Labs

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE–

EnerNex
is pleased to announce Dr.
Aaron Snyder as the Director of EnerNex
Smart Grid Labs. In this role, Dr. Snyder will be responsible for
executing the vision of the lab.

Dr. Snyder, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE, has been with EnerNex five years as a
consultant in advanced metering infrastructure requirements analysis,
electricity metering, electricity metering standards (domestic and
international, demand response and power system wide-area stability and
control.

Erich Gunther, EnerNex chairman and chief technology officer, stated:
"Appointing Aaron to director ensures the lab's success in its mission
to offer vendors, utilities and regulatory entities a place to evaluate
and understand technology readiness for potential Smart Grid related
projects. Aaron has the experience and the vision to lead Smart Grid
Labs and support our clients with continued outstanding, reliable
technology services."

During his tenure with EnerNex, Dr. Snyder has assisted utilities with
developing and executing electricity metering test plans and procedures,
in particular for the case of suspected failures, and including the
supervision of vendor personnel performing the tests. He has researched
key technical elements, authored and reviewed sections of the Smart Grid
Interoperability Standards Roadmap, facilitated domain specific and
cross-cutting stakeholder groups, and delivered workshop results for the
Electric Power Research and Institute (EPRI and National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST.

Remarking on the new position, Dr. Snyder said: "I welcome the
opportunity to lead the Smart Grid Labs team and am committed to
building an even stronger interoperability platform in the Lab." He
added, "My goal for Smart Grid Labs is to continually spur innovation,
to not only be effective in our mission, but to meet the evolving Smart
Grid architecture and technologies."

Before joining EnerNex, Dr. Snyder was the Regulatory Standards Manager
for Itron, Inc. In this capacity, Aaron helped determine corporate
strategy for electricity metering and data acquisition products based on
established and pre-release market requirements, on national and
international regulations, and on domestic and international standards.

EnerNex's
Smart Grid Labs, launched in February 2012, is one of the premier
evaluation testing facilities in the country providing multi-faceted
services related to communications, security, standards compliance,
technology/vendor maturity, and implementation with a wide range of
laboratory capabilities for utilities and product vendors. The Lab
provides a simple yet effective framework for vendors to evaluate new
designs for compliance with key protocol standards, interoperability
with other vendors, and appropriateness for specific utility
applications prior to finalizing design and certification. To read the
Smart Grid Labs Overview statement, click here.

EnerNex,
established in 2003, provides research, engineering and consulting
services, for the electric power industry. EnerNex focuses on providing
services around the development and application of new and emerging
electric power technologies to engineer a cleaner, smarter energy system
of the future. The firm serves as the SGIP Administrator under a
NIST-awarded contract; for more information on the project, click
here.

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